Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20141001/News
News and announcements
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- There were 131 new articles and 16 new drafts in July 2014.
- There were 152 new articles and 16 new drafts in August 2014.
- There were 147 new articles and 20 new drafts in September 2014.
Announcements
[edit]- The Newsletter would like to salute the French and Swedish Video Game Wikiprojects (Projet:Jeu vidéo and Projekt datorspel) for their 10th anniversary on September 2 and September 28 respectively! They join the English and Japanese Video Game Wikiprojects which celebrated their 10th anniversaries in the first quarter of 2014 (on February 5 and March 11). In total 4 different interlanguage WP:VGs have now reached this milestone.
- Achievements Unlocked! - WikiProject Video Games reached 750 Good and A-Class articles and 250 Featured articles and lists this quarter! These project-wide goals were both set on 4 February 2011 and represent our latest milestones since Q1-2015. Two new goals have been selected: 5% of articles and lists GA-Class or better and 10% of articles B-Class or better.
- Over the last quarter, some members of the project received awards for their video game-related work. Users CR4ZE and Tezero were awarded the Four Award for the articles Development of Grand Theft Auto V and Sonic: After the Sequel respectfully. Meanwhile, GamerPro64 was given the Video Game Triple Crown for the getting a DYK on Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes, a Good Article for The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and a Featured Article for Anachronox. And Czar became the third of eight finalist in the 2014 WikiCup primarily for work on independent video games. Congrats to all the editors.
- What do you think? The Newsletter would love to hear your thoughts so this quarter we announce the inauguration of the Discussion Section. It will appear below our feature article. Please leave your comments!
On the Main Page
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Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page between July and October 2014. Congratulations to the contributing editors!
The following were Today's featured article on the following dates:
- Flight Unlimited II on 1 August
- Thirty Flights of Loving on 20 August
- System Shock on 22 September
- School Rumble on 26 September
The following were the Picture of the day on the following dates:
The following were Today's featured list on the following dates:
Facts from the following articles appeared on the Main Page's Did you know? section:
- Hundreds, 3 July
- Tony Hawk's Underground, 5 July
- Never Alone, 9 July
- Ori and the Blind Forest, 11 July
- Fez, 13 July
- Tim Rogers, 14 July
- Action Button Entertainment, 14 July
- Ziggurat, 14 July
- Videoball, 14 July
- Thralled, 16 July
- Fenix Rage, 18 July
- The International 2014, 20 July
- Video gaming in Bangladesh, 21 July
- Greg Wohlwend, 23 July
- CheapyD, 29 July
- Asher Vollmer, 30 July
- Puzzlejuice, 30 July
- Adam Saltsman, 30 July
- Blek, 31 July
- Skeet Shoot, 31 July
- Infamous Second Son, 1 August
- Taro Yoko, 2 August
- Development of Fez, 3 August
- Space Cavern, 6 August
- Loved, 6 August
- Enter the Dominatrix, 7 August
- Saints Row: The Third downloadable content, 7 August
- Mikengreg, 8 August
- Solipskier, 8 August
- Gasketball, 8 August
- PlayStation Vita Pets, 13 August
- EA Access, 13 August
- Device 6, 17 August
- Abyss Odyssey, 1 September
- Depression Quest, 2 September
- Don't Shit Your Pants, 3 September
- Cuphead, 4 September
- EarthBound, 5 September
- EarthBound fandom, 5 September
- Mother 3 fan translation, 5 September
- Marcus Lindblom, 5 September
- Crawl, 6 September
- Sleeping Dogs, 8 September
- Starr Long, 14 September
- Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, 19 September
- Pile (voice actress), 24 September
- Development of Deus Ex, 28 September