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
editBelow 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 |
— | Link | Link | — |
| 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 |
— | Link | Link | — |
| 15-1[c] | 2023-04-02 | — | — | Link | Link | — |
| 15-2[d] | 2023-07-09 | — | — | Link | Link | — |
Other related newsletters
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ The First Quarter of 2019 was not drafted or published.
- ^ Not really published.
- ^ Not really published.
- ^ The Chinese Wikipedia's equivalent to the WP:VG. Literally means "WikiProject:Video games".