Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20160106/Digest

Digest

Archived discussions

Potential alternative to Metacritic in the works – Discussion of a new review aggregator called Open Critic. Tentative consensus was to wait before referencing it, as the site was brand new at the time of the discussion.
Question about character lists – Conversation about whether character lists are appropriate encyclopedic content, with no clear consensus either way.
Pokemon species lists (a perennial discussion, I'm sure) – Amazingly, a new consensus formed here to trim all the Pokemon lists down to tables with only the most essential details.
Situational Sources – Consensus that Destructoid, SiliconEra, and Gematsu are reliable sources, and Giant Bomb articles are reliable if written by staff.
Stub milestone reached – We now have fewer stub articles than start-class articles, and the lowest number of stubs in years.
"Generations" of video games – A perennial conversation, but quite interesting nonetheless, and also spawned a move discussion that ended up renaming the generation articles with more natural titles.
Esports naming conventions and Naming conventions for esports/ pro video gaming people – Consensus here seemed to be to title esports players mostly by their handles rather than their real names, per WP:COMMONNAME.
Character articles – Discussion on the notability of individual video game characters, with some consensus that many are not notable.
System requirements tables – Agreed they should not be included, as they would not be meaningful for a general audience.

Ongoing discussions

GameRankings discussion – Discussion about the use of GameRankings as a review score aggregator.
Release date reform – This is about the issue of intricate release details for multiple platforms and in different regions.

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