Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20110106/News
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WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 3, No. 3 — 4th Quarter, 2010
News and announcements
[edit]- There were 128 new articles in October 2010
- There were 175 new articles in November 2010
- There were 154 new articles in December 2010
Announcements
[edit]- In October 2010, italic formatting was applied to article titles via
{{Infobox video game}}
. Italics were incorporated into{{Infobox video game series}}
the following month. - On November 19, 2010, PresN was promoted to administrator following a successful adminship request.
- In December 2010, the Wikipedia:Article alerts system was brought back online with the help of WP:VG member H3llkn0wz; the WP:VG-related article alerts can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article alerts.
- In December 2010, Xeno and David Fuchs were elected for 2-year terms on the English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee.
- In December 2010, the Indie games task force was created.
- Per this ongoing discussion here, any interested editor is invited to join WikiProject Horror to help work on articles there, some of which overlap with WP:VG.
On the Main Page
[edit]Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page between October and December 2010. Congratulations to the contributing editors!
The following were Today's featured article on the following dates:
- Ninja Gaiden (Nintendo Entertainment System) on October 18
- Golden Sun on November 10
- The Simpsons Game on December 17
Facts from the following articles appeared on the Main Page's In the news section:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops, November 11–14
Facts from the following articles appeared on the Main Page's Did you know? section:
- Common Sense Media, December 30
- Faery: Legends of Avalon, December 24
- Infinity Blade, December 20
- Chrysler Classic Racing, December 17
- Street Racer (Atari 2600), December 12
- Thor: God of Thunder, December 10
- Medieval Mayhem, December 6
- The Video Game Critic, December 6
- Car Town, December 5
- Shining Hearts, December 4
- Brain Games, November 26
- Oystron, November 22
- Obsidian, November 21
- Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes, November 15
- Galaxian 2, November 2
- Cloud gaming, October 16
- Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, October 6
- Arthur's Quest: Battle for the Kingdom, October 2
- Mangia, October 2