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Q1 2011

Since we did something on FL this time, I'd like to have one on FAs, specifically character articles since those seem to be amongst the hardest. I think having this would be really helpful.陣内_Jinnai 17:32, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Sounds smart. You wanna' take a go at starting a draft? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 21:47, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Right now i'm busy reforming our guidelines since it looks like it'll be over to a MOS. There is a strong push for this and since Arts and Anime & Manga are already there I don't think we should try to be a stick-in-the-mud. I'm also only know some of the basics, not enough to really go at it.陣内_Jinnai 02:43, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Q2 2011

This one should note the mediation resolution (assuming it gets done, which it appears to be winding down) on using katakana names in Japanese articles.陣内_Jinnai 02:54, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

"On the Main Page" section of "News and announcements" has been saying "between October and December 2010" since Q4 2010. It should be "between April and June 2011" for Q2 2011. --Kusunose 11:51, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the find, Kusunose. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 17:03, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Q3 2011

Does anyone have an idea for a feature or the next editor to be interviewed? GamerPro64 22:11, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Future features

Just throwing these out there to get the gears turning. Here are some ideas for future newsletter features.

• Guest writers

  Have an someone with an outside perspective like User:Tony1, User:SandyGeorgia, User:Laser brain, or User:Dabomb87 write a feature about their area of expertise and what VG project members should consider when navigating the process.

• Case studies

  Have the primary contributor(s) of an FA, FL or GA dissect the article and explain the choices and process of how they improved that particular article. Something much less generalized than we've done in the past.

• Project history

  I believe David suggested this before: a feature (or series of features) that describe the early history of the project and how it has evolved.

Any thoughts? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:32, 7 July 2011 (UTC))

• Updated activity charts here. Note that Wikipedia isn't updating the images as quickly as it should so you may still see the old charts until it does. SharkD  Talk  06:25, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
  • All those sound cool. I think for the people who are actively promoting articles through GA/FA etc a sort of "postmortem" on the life of an article would be most interesting, particularly if there was a lot of difficulty in getting it to featured. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 20:05, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
    • Yep, a few articles come to mind that I think would be most interesting: The World Ends with You, ESRB re-rating of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, etc. Should we start making lists to work off of? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:54, 11 July 2011 (UTC))
      • A combination of traffic statistics and link-tos via Google might do the trick. SharkD  Talk  18:21, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
        • Is it possible to find out the stats on an article page, it's talk page, and review page (FAC/FLC/GAN)? I think that'll give us a good idea which quality articles attracted the most attention for its rise up the scale. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 19:42, 11 July 2011 (UTC))
          • Stats.grok.se for the article counts... I'm not sure for the rest (I seem to remember a way, but you might wanna try the Help Desk for a specific tool). Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 21:46, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
            • I ask three of the users suggested for guest writing and they all said no. The fourth, is mysteriously M.I.A. I don't think guest writing should happen. GamerPro64 02:14, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
              • Well, they're prolly all quite busy so I think that was prolly to be expected :P Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 02:56, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
                • Well that and they all said that they didn't think they are the people that should be interviewed. GamerPro64 03:05, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
                  • I asked Tony and Dabomb again in the hopes that they'll reconsider. Should we also take Dabomb's suggestion and post at WT:POST? And I couldn't tell if User:Malleus Fatuorum was serious or not, but an outside perspective on the GA processes would be a good feature. Should we ask him? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:44, 4 August 2011 (UTC))
                    • Already did. Turned out he was taking the piss. For the Post idea, it could work. GamerPro64 14:47, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Index page

FYI- I created an index of the newsletter's content: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/Index.

It's something I've been meaning to create for a while because I found navigating the back issue links (mainly to make sure we didn't repeat content) cumbersome. It also provides links to all of the content we're released. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 17:18, 20 July 2011 (UTC))

• Once again, you do the stuff that I think is smart but was too lazy to do myself... :P Thanks! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 19:54, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
  • Now that we have the index page, do we need the listing on the main newsletter page? It's only going to get bigger as the newsletter continues. Should we just have the current issue linked? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 16:58, 26 July 2011 (UTC))
    • I was bold and removed the listing on the main page. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 06:37, 11 September 2011 (UTC))