Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/Index

The WikiProject Video games Newsletter is a quarterly newsletter covering news and information related to WikiProject Video games. It summarizes work on the project, highlights some of the project's best articles, identifies areas where project members can help, and provides advice and guidance for improving articles within the project.

Main newsletter

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Below is an index of the newsletter's content by issue. Beginning with issue 2-4, the newsletter switched from a monthly to quarterly publication and the content was expanded into sub-pages. Links (to the main newsletter as well as any sub-pages) are provided for navigation.

Issue Date Feature Interview News Quality content Digest
1-1 2008-04-09 The Importance of the Lead
1-2 2008-05-07 Writing about Gameplay
1-3 2008-06-04 Writing about Development
1-4 2008-07-09 Writing about Reception
1-5 2008-08-06 Reliable Sources
1-6 2008-09-03 Departments
1-7 2008-10-01 Wikipedia 0.7
1-8 2008-11-05 Partnered reviews
1-9 2008-12-03 Article Importance
1-10 2009-01-07 Video game notability
2-1 2009-02-04 David Fuchs
2-2 2009-03-04 Weekly Collaboration
2-3 2009-04-01 VG Barnstar
2-4 2009-07-01 Data suggest an increasing lack of interest Masem Link Link
2-5 2009-10-07 Video game FA maintenance Kung Fu Man Link Link
2-6 2010-01-06 Editorial: Being bold PresN Link Link
3-1 2010-04-07 VG Task forces Sabre Link Link
3-2 2010-10-22 New article announcements and article requests Deckiller Link Link
3-3 2011-01-06 Writing a Featured list JimmyBlackwing Link Link
4-1 2011-04-06 Reference Library GamerPro64 Link Link
4-2 2011-07-06 Developing Good and Featured Topics New Age Retro Hippie Link Link
4-3 2011-10-05 Final Fantasy postmortem Jinnai Link Link
4-4 2012-01-05 Images in articles Wgungfu Link Link
5-1 2012-04-04 Project deletion discussions page Link Link
5-2 2012-07-04 Link Link
5-3 2012-10-03 Is the Newsletter important? Link Link
5-4 2013-01-09 Strengthening and utilizing WP:VGs inter-language links Khanassassin Link Link
6-1 2013-04-03 A-class: Is It Worth It? Teancum Link Link
6-2 2013-07-03 Featured Pictures and why the project should focus on obtaining more JDC808 Link Link
6-3 2013-10-03 One person's cruft is another person's pleasure: How to address listless list management Salvidrim Link Link
6-4 2014-01-01 Link Link
7-1 2014-04-02 Feature: WikiProject Video Games in retrospect
Report: Featured and Good articles by genre
Red Phoenix Link Link
7-2 2014-07-02 CR4ZE Link Link
7-3 2014-10-01 Sourcing video game articles Guyinblack25 Link Link
7-4 2015-01-07 Refmining – Another side of WikiGnoming Marasmusine Link Link
8-1 2015-04-01 Shove It in a Table: How to Write Featured Lists of Video Games Sergecross73 Link Link
8-2 2015-07-01 The twists and turns of Editorial Discretion Evan-Amos Link Link
8-3 2015-10-07 GamerGate, Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Bare Rule-Level Consensus Samwalton9 Link Link Digest
8-4 2016-01-06 Gender Declaration and the WP:VG Gender Gap Czar Link Link Digest
9-1 2016-04-06 Mentem Mortalia Tangunt - WP:VG and Vernal Passages Link Link Digest
9-2 2016-07-03 Follow-up: Gender Declaration in WikiProject Video Games Link Link Digest
9-3 2016-10-03 Feature Interview: A brief look at Wikidata Link Link
9-4 2017-01-02 High Scores - A New Article Leaderboard Niemti Link Link
10-1 2017-04-02 Coin945 / Deltasim Link Link
10-2 2017-07-02 Feature: Shiny Wikipedians - A Featured Content Leaderboard
Feature: Final Fantasy VII postmortem
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10-3 2017-10-01 Link Link
10-4[a] 2018-01-07 Link
11-1[b] 2019-07-07 Link Link
11-2 2019-10-06 Link Link
11-3 2020-01-05 Feature: Rare Replay GT postmortem Alexandra IDV Link Link
12-1 2020-04-05 High-Level Article trends in the past decade or two Zxcvbnm Link Link
12-2 2020-07-05 Let's mention the Request board TheJoebro64 Link Link Digest
12-3 2020-10-04 About templates in gaming articles KGRAMR Link Link Digest
12-4 2021-01-04 Feature: Don't fake your work
Follow-up: VG editing in a time of COVID
TarkusAB Link Link Digest
13-1 2021-04-06 Survey: How does WikiProject Video games determine character notability? Namcokid47 Link Link Digest
14-1 2023-02-25 Survey: What are the requirements for series and franchise articles?
The Future of the Newsletter
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15-1[c] 2023-04-02 Link Link
15-2[d] 2023-07-09 Link Link
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Group Date Issue
WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games 2007-04 Issue 1
WikiProject Xbox 2008-04-26 Issue 1
Wikipedia:WikiProject Sega 2008-05-22 Issue 1
Wikipedia:WikiProject Sega 2008-06-24 Issue 2
Wikipedia:WikiProject Sega 2008-09-18 Issue 3
Wikipedia:WikiProject Sega 2008-10-21 Issue 4
Wikipedia:WikiProject Sega 2008-12-01 Issue 5
Wikipedia:WikiProject Adventure games 2012-02-27 Issue 1
维基专题:电子游戏[e] 2020-01-01 Issue 1
维基专题:电子游戏 2020-04-01 Issue 2
维基专题:电子游戏 2020-07-01 Issue 3
维基专题:电子游戏 2020-10-03 Issue 4
维基专题:电子游戏 2021-01-01 Issue 5
维基专题:电子游戏 2021-04-01 Issue 6
维基专题:电子游戏 2021-07-03 Issue 7
维基专题:电子游戏 2021-10-03 Issue 8
维基专题:电子游戏 2022-01-14 Issue 9
维基专题:电子游戏 2022-04-05 Issue 10
维基专题:电子游戏 2022-07-17 Issue 11
维基专题:电子游戏 2022-10-21 Issue 12
维基专题:电子游戏 2023-01-11 Issue 13
维基专题:电子游戏 2023-04-21 Issue 14
维基专题:电子游戏 2023-08-04 Issue 15
维基专题:电子游戏 2023-11-04 Issue 16
维基专题:电子游戏 2024-02-11 Issue 17
维基专题:电子游戏 2024-10-04 Issue 18
维基专题:电子游戏 2024-10-04 Issue 19
维基专题:电子游戏 2024-10-04 Issue 20

Notes

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  1. ^ The WP:VG Newsletter's Fourth Quarter 2017 was drafted but never officially published. The entire year of 2018 and the First Quarter of 2019 were not drafted or published.
  2. ^ The First Quarter of 2019 was not drafted or published.
  3. ^ Not really published.
  4. ^ Not really published.
  5. ^ The Chinese Wikipedia's equivalent to the WP:VG. Literally means "WikiProject:Video games".