Wikipedia:Gaming Collaboration of the week
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Each week a Gaming Collaboration of the week will be picked using this page. This is a specific computer or video game-related topic which initially either has no article, has only a basic stub-like page, or is in need of more information. The aim of this project is to improve the quality of Wikipedia's computer and video game articles through widespread cooperative editing. It is our hope that some of these will go on to become featured articles. For a discussion on the correct format of computer and video game articles, please see WikiProject Computer and video games.
The project is also used to fill gaps in Wikipedia, to give users a focus, and to give us all something to be proud of. Any registered user can nominate an article and can vote for any number of the nominated articles. Every Monday, the votes are tallied, and the winner will be promoted for a week to potential contributors.
The next winner will be selected on Monday, November 14, 2005.
Previous collaborations can be found at /History.
Removed nominations can be found at /Removed.
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Selecting the Next Gaming Collaboration of the week
Voting
A vote or a show of support for an article shows your commitment to support and aid in collaborating on that specific article if it is chosen. Although you are not required to fulfill that commitment, we ask that you only support articles that you are able to contribute to so that this collaboration's goals of expanding and improving articles can adequately be achieved. Feel free to vote for as many of the following candidates as you like.
Any registered user is encouraged to vote so long as you abide by the policies of Wikipedia, specifically Wikipedia:Sockpuppets.
Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).
To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~~~~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item. The vote will look like this:
- Username 08:59, Jul 1 2005 (UTC)
If you want to withdraw your votes, don't remove your name and date completely. Instead, place an asterix after the "#" sign and then use the strike-through tags <s>...</s> on your username. A withdrawn vote will appear striked out, yet will allow Wikipedia to accurately calculate votes:
Any vote that has been stricken will not be counted.
Tie-breakers
In case of a tie, voting will be extended for 24 hours. If there is still a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins. During the extended voting period the old collaboration should still be active. In the case of extended voting, the collaboration period will be reduced to 6 days.
Nominations
New nominations can be made at any time and should be added at the end of this page. Please use the provided template.
If the page you are nominating already exists, please add {{GCOTW}} to the top of its talk page. This expands to:
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This article is a candidate for Gaming Collaboration of the week. Please visit that page to support or comment on the nomination. |
If the article is selected as the Gaming Collaboration of the week, please add {{Current-GCOTW}} to the top of the article page. This expands to:
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This is the current Gaming Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia computer and video game article. |
Considerations for nominations
- Giving reasons as to why an article should become the GCOTW may convince others to cast their vote.
- Can the wider gaming community easily contribute to the article? Or is it something only a small number of people will know about?
- Is the article a stub or very small? Or would the article fare better in a CVG Peer Review?
- A good place to look for articles that might be worthy of a nomination is the Computer and video game stubs category.
Pruning
Nominations will be moved to /Removed if they have not received 3 votes after 7 days on the list, 6 votes after 14 days, 9 votes after 21 days, and so on.
The current time and date is 02:28, November 9, 2005 (UTC).
Candidates for next week
History of role-playing
- Nominated October 24; needs 9 votes by November 14 (minimum 3 votes per week)
Support:
- RJH 19:20, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
- Lardarse 01:21, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- -ParallaxTZtalk 19:04, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
- ZeWrestler Talk 15:33, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
- G2 Wolf 21:05, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
- Mateusc 09:57, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
- Nall 18:55, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
- Coll7 00:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Comments:
- Role-playing has a significant element in the gaming community since its introduction in the 1970s. This page is a decent start at covering the topic, but is almost completely D&D-centric. There is much more that could be added to turn this into a more interesting read. Thanks! — RJH 19:20, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
- Is there another COTW that would fit this nomination better? This one is computer/videogame specific, I believe... Kjl 01:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- Quite possibly, but I'd still like to see something about this subject which is a little less deserving of an NPOV flag. --Lardarse 01:21, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- I couldn't find a COTW that focused on role-playing or role-playing games. If there were one, I'd support it quite enthusiastically. The Bearded One 03:25, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- I rewrote the history section under role-playing games a few days ago. Now I wonder if that section ought to be part of this article. Some thoughts:
- How broad is this subject? Should it discuss all role-playing game types (tabletop, LARP, console, MMORPG)? How about wargames, choose your own adventure books, and collectible card games?
- Would history of role-playing games be a better title? Durova 08:32, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
- I think it would be better to expand the history section of Computer role-playing game, splitting it off if necessary. Jacoplane 19:31, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
- The original article was copied verbatim from the history section of the role-playing games, then expanded slightly. I then attempted to shorten the history section on the RPG page because that was getting too long. (Really I think it could be reduced down to 3-4 paragraphs.) Anyway I was hoping that this history page would also cover CRPGs, which is perhaps why it is relevant on this (apparently misnamed) CotW page. Thanks. :) — RJH 19:34, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
- True, if this article is about CRPGs, I think it'll be worth our time to improve it. Anything to garner more attention to some deserving articles. Nall 18:55, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Game-related articles nominated on other COTWs
How to nominate an article
To add a new nomination, please:
- (1) Copy the template below
- (2) Paste it at the bottom of the list of nominations
- (3) Replace "[Date]" with the correct date and "[Date + 7 days]" with the date, plus seven days. For both, the year is not necessary.
- (4) Sign your user name with the directions in the template and add a comment for why the article should be nominated.
- (5) Please preview your addition to make it sure all information is properly filled in and the links are working.
After nominating an article please place {{GCOTW}} on the article's discussion page.
===[[article name with double-brackets surrounding it]]===
:''Nominated [[ [Date] ]]; needs 3 votes by [[ [Date + 7 days] ]] (minimum 3 votes per week)''
'''Support:'''
# [your user name--use '~~~~']
'''Comments:'''
*[a short description explaining why the article should be the Gaming Collaboration of the week]
