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I discovered some of the video game logos or covers lacking alt text for visually impaired people. Ahri Boy (talk) 01:13, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding alt-text to images is often recommended when an article is reviewed for WP:GAN, and oftentimes a requirement for WP:FAC. Beyond that, alt-text is fully optional. If you're proposing that alt-text be a requirement, I don't really see how such an idea could be enforced across tens of thousands of articles that have images, many of which we might not even know exist due to this wikiproject's scope. It would more likely than not just lead to alt captions like "A screenshot of X" or "Box art of X" rather than anything actually helpful to readers. λ NegativeMP1 01:44, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, "alt text should be present for all images" is very true, but we don't have a way to enforce it across all 40,000+ articles, especially since there's no automated way to create them. --PresN 02:14, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, alt text should be added for all key images, event cover art. the alt text needs to be descriptive of what is on the cover, not just saying "it's cover art". see WP:ALTTEXT.

That said, mandating it for sub-GA articles isn't necessary but it is a good goal to push editors to do as they improve articles. Masem (t) 02:19, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just echoing the comments above, add Alt text whenever possible. All the contributors here have worked hard to craft quality content; why not make sure every part of it is accessible for as many readers as possible? If anyone needs help with Alt text, please feel free to reach out. I'm not active but will make time to help with this. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 00:23, 25 February 2025 (UTC))[reply]

 A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.20 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. --PresN 01:45, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Articles deleted/removed: Shujinkou, Bad Toys 3D
• Drafts deleted/removed: Draft:Anyland, Draft:Europa Universalis V, Draft:Tom Morton (actor), Draft:Scream Zone, Draft:2b2t Shop, Draft:3Dash, Draft:Fool's Theory, Draft:Penny Olivia Parker, Draft:A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games, Draft:JudgeSim, Draft:Stan LePard
• Articles redirected: Panta Rhei (game engine), Dead or Alive 5 Plus, Dead or Alive Paradise, Naoki Maeda (composer), Pokémon Trading Figure Game, List of Pokémon volumes, Sindel
• New categories: The Legend of Zelda location redirects — QuicoleJR, Video games based on television series based on video games — RayanWP, Ultimation games — Waxworker, 4D Rulers games — Waxworker, Video games about human experimentation — Gray eyes
• New templates: {{2025 in League of Legends competition}} — Swishpav25 (newly tagged - originally created 1 month ago), {{Esports at the Asian Games}} — Sports2021 (newly tagged - originally created 2 months ago)

--PresN 01:45, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We have a couple editors trying to change the long-standing lede image of kids playing Pong at Video game , and probably need more input from the project there. — Masem (t) 04:26, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to participate at the RfC: Talk:Video game#RFC: lead image -- Some1 (talk) 05:24, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you've already weighed in here, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop by again; I'm curious what you all think about having more than one lead image, collage-style. Panini! • 🥪 18:21, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Neo Geo (system)#Requested move 9 February 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 14:38, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.20 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. --PresN 01:19, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Articles deleted/removed: Umbrella (company), Art (company)
• Drafts deleted/removed: Draft:Battle Ground Mobile India Series, Draft:BombSquad (video Game), Draft:Linus Tolke, Draft:Peter Andersohn, Draft:Wing Gaster, Draft:GirlsGoGames.com, Draft:MagiCat (video game), Draft:Antonio Riello, Draft:Inside Out: Thought Bubbles, Draft:Janimation, Draft:List of video games featuring real-life actor likenesses, Draft:Nate Adams (Yo-Kai Watch), Draft:Samantha Béart, Draft:Synced (2023 video game), Draft:Edison Zhong, Draft:Geometry Dash demonlist, Draft:Manon Gage, Draft:Medicinal Media, Draft:Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue, Draft:Sun vs Moon, Draft:Wile E's Revenge
• Articles redirected: Neo Geo (brand), Characters of Touhou Project
• Categories deleted/removed: Far Cry spin-off games, Video games about canids
• New categories: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in video games — CANthony0125, RedSpotGames games — Waxworker, Senile Team games — Waxworker, Skybound Entertainment — John Pannozzi (newly tagged - originally created 12 years ago), Summitsoft games — Waxworker, 2 by 3 Games games — Waxworker, 7FX games — Waxworker, Invictus Games (company) games — Waxworker, Kabaddi video games — GreekApple123, Flippfly games — Waxworker, ININ Games games — Waxworker, Pokémon introduced in generation V — Captain Galaxy, FreeStyleGames games — MimirIsSmart, Video games scored by Dan Romer — CANthony0125
• New templates: {{Tripwire Interactive}} — OceanHok

--PresN 01:19, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am bringing this over from the Teahouse by Recommendation of User:Slowking Man. As far as I can tell there aren't any explicit restrictions on citing ROM downloads for games (such as fan translations or own created). I have encountered them at Rhythm Tengoku and List of Creepypastas and just marked them using "Non-primary source needed". An admin in the thread explained that they are most likely copyvio (especially since the former is a fan translation and the latter is based off of Godzilla), but I thought I should ask for additional opinions and maybe add it to the project's sources page. Yes I am a nerd -XCBRO172 (How could you tell?) 04:31, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think besides copyright concerns, citing fan translations would be tricky as the inherent nature of translation means details and character names can and have changed (for good or ill) between the different fans doing the translating. Harryhenry1 (talk) 04:51, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, unless the ROM is wholly the work of a fan creation and free of any IP issues, most ROMs would be possible copyright problems and should be avoided as a source. Masem (t) 04:51, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, this would be a WP:COPYVIO problem. If you've witnessed this elsewhere, then you've simply observed other errors needing fixing. We can't be linking to rom downloads on Wikipedia. Sergecross73 msg me 15:05, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm gonna chime in and say only (keyword being ONLY) cite links to the ROM if they are provided by the original developer or publisher, like how Gaelco did with the 1993 arcade game World Rally years ago (https://web.archive.org/web/20100608111145/http://www.gaelco.es/pages/hablando/frhablan.htm) for example. Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:40, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:16, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would've asked at Wikipedia:ESPORTS, but that project looks very dead, so I figured I'd ask here. I recently finished improving Pokémon competitive play and figured that I may start planning in case I hit up Pokémon World Championships in the future. The main problem with that article is that it's covering a large number of events from prior years that lack articles (The 2014, 15, and 16 Championships), and no other articles bar 2023 Pokémon World Championships have articles. I checked around, but there's no equivalent policy to Wikipedia:NSPORTS for esports, and from what research I've done for the competitive play article, all coverage on past Championships events seems to be largely Wikipedia:ROUTINE at best, with little in the way of lasting notability.

What should be done in regards to covering esports events in this manner? Should all content be cut bar the bare essentials for past events? Should the events be split out into a list? Into individual articles? I'm not really quite sure what criteria these events are working on for notability, so I wanted to ask for advice on how best to cover these events under the project's scope. Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 18:06, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find reliable independent sources writing prose about these events, then you're fine. In my experience, being able to describe how the event went and what happened in it is what you need. Helpful information is what makes the event different from previous incarnations. Being able to describe what happened in the major matches themselves, and how the tournaments fit into the stories of the major competitors, is the other half that makes writing these interesting and fun. Having written Evo 2011 up to Evo 2017 in the past, such competitions can have a lot of details to cover. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 09:21, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To start, the basics should be followed, like WP:GNG and WP:GAMECRUFT. Many of the ones I stumble upon doing even do that. I've never thought the endless tournament brackets were appropriate for an encyclopedia, but I don't edit the area, let alone prominently enough to combat the endless adding of them. Sergecross73 msg me 19:39, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm asking for someone to look into and help with the editing of non-English game titles by User:Ding Chavez. I can determine from my experience that the addition of the French title to The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit was incorrect due to the game being published internationally in English by Square Enix. But I struggle with, e.g. The Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths, published by Ynnis Interactive. This appears to be a literal translation, so Template:EFN should be used in any case like on Japanese games. Regards IgelRM (talk) 19:40, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]