Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20210104/Digest

Digest

Archived discussions

• List of Doom source ports "Doom [almost] runs on everything", as quoted by FreeMediaKid!. Should it be merged to List of Doom ports? The result was yes.
• Draft:Steve (Minecraft) Is Steve worthy enough of having his own article? Nope, but the Super Smash Bros. community can't get enough.
• Draft:Mr. Game and Watch Is Mr. Game and Watch notable enough to warrant his own article? The consensus was no. Is Vivian from Paper Mario? We're split on that.
• Did SCE Japan Studio became SIE Japan Studio? "Well, did it?" ~ Blue Pumpkin Pie. We address the issue of companies having an "SIE" title.
• Potential FA plans for the Kirby series Some progress has begun to get the Kirby series to good topic status for it's anniversary, but the project is a lot more work than it seems.
• Re: the bold merge of Tutorial (video games) According to _ZXCVBNM, shouldn't the Tutorial have its own article? Why was it merged?
• Category:Sandbox video games Should Sandbox video games be split? What defines "open world" and "sandbox"?
• Assessment goal reached! We've reached our assessment goal of 20% of articles C-class or better! Thanks to all who could make this possible, after almost 7 years of work. Now, PresN ponders the question: what's next?
• Boz article creations We address BOZ, and their contributions of stub articles from the 1980s onward. Don't worry, the articles are for the better.
• "its on gog now" Does adding "It's on GOG now" really matter?

Ongoing discussions

• The dreaded 9th Gen discussion... As the gaming industry enters its 9th generation, concerns raised by Masem has begun on where the article should be taken. But what about the Nintendo Switch?
• GT/FT ideas Now with a new goal of 50 good and/or featured topics, we discuss what series are making their way to good topics, and current projects from users.
• Abbreviated platforms in the Release infobox Discussion has begun on the necessity of abbreviating the platform releases in the video game release infobox.
• Notability for video game items After the recent redirecting of the Klobb, a weapon in GoldenEye 007, we discuss what determines a notable video game item.
• Tank controls What should we do with the Tank controls article?