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There should be a accident section listing all the incidents that Pokemon go caused similar to the aviation pages ([[Boeing_737#Accidents_and_incidents|example on the b737 page]]) |
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Release location
It actually came out in Australia first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.143.215.178 (talk) 07:27, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- The most pertinent information is the release date, which was the same for AUS, NZ and US. However, I have gone ahead and changed the order of the countries in the lede and within the article to reflect that of the release order, hopefully no one minds. Rgoodermote (talk) 08:06, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
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Fractalalalal (talk) 08:01, 13 July 2016 (UTC)The April Fool was out on the 31st of March 2014, as the youtube link can easyly proves, and so PLEASE CHANGE "The idea for the game was conceived in 2013" to "The idea for the game was conceived in 2014"
Done ~ Dissident93 (talk) 08:10, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- It seems that an official at Nintendo flubbed and said it was 2013 and not 2014. Right here.. I'm not trying to change anything, just pointing out where this error appears to have come from. Also, this one of the references and it's in a strange place, is there any particular reason it's in the sentence after this one? Rgoodermote (talk) 08:15, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
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App was released in Germany on July 13 2016 - update to reflect this? GrilledCheez89 (talk) 09:47, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- @GrilledCheez89: Already covers it. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:11, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
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It's not available in the UK, only Germany. Here's a source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/13/12170608/pokemon-go-launch-europe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.168.40.68 (talk • contribs) 12:28, 13 July 2016
Done Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:29, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Police warning removed?
Why was the point about police warning users to look up and away from their phone when playing removed?.. multiple police agencies have issued similar warnings - even in countries that don't officially have the game.. and we're going to exclude them.. why? NPOV means neutral. Not only positive. --CoolCanuck eh? 15:04, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- @CoolCanuck: Because it was not covered by reliable secondary sources, there was only a primary source from a Facebook account that's not even verified. We don't need to tell readers of common sense like that, see WP:NODISCLAIMERS. – nyuszika7h (talk) 15:31, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- @CoolCanuck:Fall injuries are mentioned. I don't think the issue needs to be covered much more extensively than that. Brianga (talk) 17:20, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- @CoolCanuck: - the point of the NT police's communication was lost in the wikipedia article. The Darwin Police Station became a pilgrimage point for a Sandshrew and pokeballs, and so they had to remind people that they didn't actually have to enter the station to try to catch it. They coupled this with a reminder to play safe. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 22:56, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Version
The article should mention that the game does not run on Android versions below 4.4 and iOS versions below 8.0. 117.192.161.232 (talk) 15:27, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Done – nyuszika7h (talk) 20:09, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- Not in the infobox. We've never done this for any game on Wikipedia, and one guy wanting it is not consensus. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 00:51, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
New "Impact" section within the Reception section
I propose that there should be a new section relating to the positive impact that the game has overall. For example, CNN reported that a suspect was caught as a result of two marines playing the game. Furthermore, Wall Street Journal recently reported that Companies are marketing themselves by using the Pokémon Go app. Yoshiman6464 (talk) 18:42, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- I'm not against this, but normally we go with "Legacy" for those types of sections on game articles. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 10:29, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- "
Companies are marketing themselves
" – Anything that encourages advertising is not (necessarily) "positive". Mitch Ames (talk) 10:33, 14 July 2016 (UTC) - Thank you. Yoshiman6464 (talk) 17:50, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
CIA connection in Controversies section
The controversy over the CIA connection keeps getting removed claiming 'tin foil hat' and 'unreliable sources'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel "In-Q-Tel (IQT), formerly Peleus and known as In-Q-It, is an American not-for-profit venture capital firm based in Arlington, Virginia. It invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies" this entry also lists Keyhole, Inc as a company that received money. Sources for this quote are documented/cited.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole,_Inc "Key people John Hanke, CEO" and ", additional capital came from an NVIDIA bundling deal, from the CIA's venture capital arm In-Q-Tel,[1] with the majority of In-Q-Tel' funds coming from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency," Sources for this quote are documented/cited.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hanke "John Hanke is an entrepreneur. He currently runs Niantic Labs, a company which explores experimental mobile, social, and local applications such as Ingress and 'Pokémon Go'." Sources for this quote are documented/cited.
These are all wiki entries with each point documented and referenced. This is the basis for the current controversy over the potential CIA ties to the Pokemon Go application/game. The CIA is documented, on wiki and cited appropriately, as selling shares of Keyhole to Google, John Hanke left and started Niantic. A quick search of "pokemon go cia" on facebook will populate with thousands and thousands of posts discussing the connection a quick Google search for 'pokemon go cia' brings up several results in the 'news' category as well as 'About 6,290,000 results (0.78 seconds)'. It has been mentioned on twit.tv podcasts, several YouTube channels of various subscribers levels etc this also classified it as a 'controversy'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.31.21.15 (talk) 19:48, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- Wikipedia is not a reliable source
- Those articles are in pretty terrible shape anyway
- Facebook searches are not reliable sources
- Podcasts are not reliable sources
- Youtube channels are not reliable sources
- This is almost the definition of WP:FRINGE.
- Have a good day. TimothyJosephWood 19:53, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
You are one of the densest people on the planet. Each bit of quoted text, contains documentation in the respective wiki entries with sources for each claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.31.21.15 (talk) 19:56, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- None of those sources are reliable however, please read WP:IRS. Rgoodermote (talk) 19:58, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
John Hanke is an entrepreneur. He currently runs Niantic Labs, a company which explores experimental mobile, social, and local applications such as Ingress and 'Pokémon Go'. Prior to joining Google, Hanke founded and was CEO at Keyhole, Inc.. Google acquired Keyhole in 2004, at which point Keyhole's flagship product was renamed to Google Earth. - http://www.makinggames.biz/features/reality-as-a-virtual-playground,7286.html
In-Q-Tel sold 5,636 shares of Google, worth over $2.2 million, on November 15, 2005.[9] The stocks were a result of Google’s acquisition of Keyhole, the CIA funded satellite mapping software now known as Google Earth. - http://google.blognewschannel.com/archives/2005/11/15/cia-sells-google-shares/
Niantic, Inc. is an American software development company based in San Francisco, California. The company was founded in 2010 by John Hanke as Niantic Labs http://www.inc.com/eric-markowitz/inside-the-mind-of-googles-greatest-idea-man.html 12.31.21.15 (talk) 20:02, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
John Hanke, founder of both companies, received investment money from the Central Intelligence Agency. Documented. End of discussion.12.31.21.15 (talk) 20:03, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- That sounds like WP:SYNTH. You're drawing a conclusion that reliable sources don't seem to be supporting. - Aoidh (talk) 20:05, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- Please do not remove other's replies. Please read the link I put above and Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Rgoodermote (talk) 20:07, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Availability in South Korea
Some interesting (reliable) news stories around about players flocking to the few remote areas of South Korea where the game can be played, particularly Sokcho and Ulleungdo. It is unplayable in most of the country due to government restrictions on mapping data.[1][2][3] 167.123.240.35 (talk) 01:46, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
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dangerously women
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. EvergreenFir (talk) 05:09, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Released in UK
Developer(s) | Niantic |
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Initial release | July 6, 2016 |
Operating system | iOS, Android |
Available in | 6 languages |
List of languages English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish | |
Type | Augmented reality |
License | Freemium |
Website | pokemongo |
The Official Twitter tweeted that Pokemon Go is released in UK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.81.30.16 (talk) 08:48, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Because of this and the release in Germany a day ago, should we just go with July 13, 2016, as the EU release in the infobox? The vgrelease documentation says that UK dates in the infobox "should only be used if a release is exclusive to that country or there is a large difference in the release date. In most cases use first EU date instead of UK.", which just happened here. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 10:33, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- I'd assume so, yes. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:42, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- I think that works fine, yeah. Additionally, a {{refn}} could be used to explain the staggered release despite the infobox showing the date for the earliest one. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 10:46, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Done Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:12, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- As another option, we could use the software infobox, as this isn't really a traditional game. It would solve the issue of the release date, and have other relevant info that the video game one doesn't, such as support for languages and the release version. I added an example on the right, thoughts? Just adding this in case the current way remains controversial (it was at first). ~ Dissident93 (talk) 11:16, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- I think that works fine, yeah. Additionally, a {{refn}} could be used to explain the staggered release despite the infobox showing the date for the earliest one. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 10:46, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- I'd assume so, yes. Anarchyte (work | talk) 10:42, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
(edit conflict) We can collapse the release dates, if that's what you wanted to achieve. IMO the note does enough. To collapse it, use:
{{Collapsible list
| title = {{Video game release||July 6, 2016}}
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
| {{vgrelease new|AUS|July 6, 2016|US|July 6, 2016|EU|July 13, 2016|JP|July 2016|CAN|July 2016}}
}}
Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:28, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, that's possible too. We would still have to add Canada and Japan (we normally wouldn't add Japan for non-Japansed developed games. However, for such a globally popular game, and one that has its origins in Japan, we should make an exception). So when it's finally released worldwide, that's five different regions represented. I edited your example to show what it would look like when complete. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 11:50, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Plus the note, that'll need to be included somewhere.
{{refn|group=note|name=EU Release|''Pokémon Go'' was released at different dates in [[Europe]]. It was first released in Germany on July 13, 2016 and then in the United Kingdom on July 14.}}
Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:20, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Plus the note, that'll need to be included somewhere.
- With the staggered roll out playing havoc with typical infobox convention here, might I suggest we list the earliest date only, and include a jump link to the release section, where we can put a more verbose table of regions and dates. -- ferret (talk) 20:15, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Reception ideas
I've started to expand the reception section and I have a few ideas for others if they wish to help:
- Talk about the battery problems.
- More overall coverage on the gameplay aspects. This includes both positive and negative press. See the second paragraph in the section for where this should be added. (Check out Metacritic for more reviews)
- Spotify sentence could be expanded. Why did it jump in popularity? What songs were influenced the most? etc.
- More notable websites have talked about the exercise benefits of this game. Maybe go into more detail?
- That reception table needs an expansion. It's recommended to not put review scores into the prose if that template is there, so may as well make use of it.
Hope this helps. Anarchyte (work | talk) 12:19, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- About the Spotify sentence, I wanted to keep it simple, but the source does give more details. And about the review numbers in the prose, that's fine, the prose only really needs the general opinion of the reviewer. I can try and find more reviews if needed. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 12:40, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Page views
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- Wow, the article was getting averages of 5k views a day just a week ago. Pretty amazing to see how much it has exploded since, and I don't think anybody anticipated it. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 10:28, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Are you surprised, given how many people are playing the game? It's huge. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- I mean I don't think anybody, even the developers, anticipated the game being this popular this quickly (and therefore the amount of pageviews here). The amount of views this article got in May was below 5 per day, assuming it's not glitched. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 03:00, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- The game did drop without any warning so there was no build up to it for there to be many page views prior to release (but after the initial announcement last year). ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 03:04, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- Which still kind of proves the point in that there was very little hype before the game was released (compare this instead to Overwatch), but exploded in popularity once it did last week. To go from 5 views a day to 800,000 in pretty much a month might be something Wikipedia has never seen, or least, very rarely. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 03:11, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- Are you surprised, given how many people are playing the game? It's huge. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
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Here's the last 6 months for Overwatch (video game) for comparison. -- Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:33, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
2013 Princeton Study
Regarding this edit. I stand by the opinion that it's totally off topic. Wikilink to mental health and exercise and let interested readers look at the main article.
- The rest of the references in this paragraph actually seem to be about the game.
- There seems to be no obvious reason why this particular study is chosen at random as a place filler for an entire field of neuroscience. Maybe there would be a better argument if it were actually study on exercise and mental health related to video games (maybe DDR?).
- The study itself is a particularly bad one for what it's trying to be shoehorned into. It's a study of mice, the mice are "runner" mice put in cold water, and it's a highly technical analysis of neurochemistry that basically no readers are going to understand. It's an analysis of mechanism and not cause/effect, and the study itself says in its conclusions that there is an issue with similar studies finding contradictory effects: that runner mice actually exhibit increased stress.
- It doesn't support the content anyway. It's not a meta analysis so it's not "studies". And it's juxtaposed to the following sentence which is specifically about augmented reality games, which this study is not about...in spades. TimothyJosephWood 19:11, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Pinging @Cyclonebiskit:. TimothyJosephWood 19:12, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Timothyjosephwood: The direct reference to the study is provided on top of its mention within another reference used in the section. I'm simply cutting out the middle man and providing a direct link to it. The citation to the study can be removed if that's the problem, but the sentence itself is supported by multiple reliable sources. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:16, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- I'd be fine with including the quote from the article actually about the game. Attributed to Ben Michaelis:
"being outside, exercise and highly focused, goal-oriented activities have all been shown to help reduce some of the symptoms associated with anxiety and depression as well as other mental illnesses. I think that this feedback holds promise for other game makers to take note about possible benefits of their games."
- To take some sources that call this a form of exercise, and then use scholarly research on exercise per se to therefore say that there is scientific support that this game will have a definite beneficial outcome feels very WP:SYNTH. We cannot say in WP's voice that this game will have positive mental or physical health outcomes, which is what the current wording strongly implies. We can say that other people have said it will, which is what everything in the paragraph besides this sentence says. TimothyJosephWood 19:34, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Ahh, now I see where you're coming from and what the issue is. Yeah, I certainly did not intend for it to come off that way. My intention was to inform readers that exercise is known, and confirmed, to improve mental health but not make the connection directly to the game and violate WP:SYNTH. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:51, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- I probably should have thought my reasoning through more originally, instead of throwing WP:COAT out as the first thing that came to mind. TimothyJosephWood 19:57, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- No worries, that's what discussions are for
~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:59, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- No worries, that's what discussions are for
- I probably should have thought my reasoning through more originally, instead of throwing WP:COAT out as the first thing that came to mind. TimothyJosephWood 19:57, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Ahh, now I see where you're coming from and what the issue is. Yeah, I certainly did not intend for it to come off that way. My intention was to inform readers that exercise is known, and confirmed, to improve mental health but not make the connection directly to the game and violate WP:SYNTH. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:51, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Timothyjosephwood: The direct reference to the study is provided on top of its mention within another reference used in the section. I'm simply cutting out the middle man and providing a direct link to it. The citation to the study can be removed if that's the problem, but the sentence itself is supported by multiple reliable sources. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:16, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Pinging @Cyclonebiskit:. TimothyJosephWood 19:12, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Can now add Pokemon GO locations
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Please add the following:
As of 14 July, players can now submit new locations for inclusion in Pokemon GO.[1]
References
- ^ Frank, Allegra (14 July 2016). "Pokémon Go players can now submit PokéStop, gym location requests". Polygon.com. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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Thank you. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 04:16, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
GA in a couple months?
When the article dies down in popularity and edit rate, this wouldn't be too hard to get up to GA. The references are there, all that needs to be done is write it out. I'd be willing to say it's almost there now, but it'd probably fail due to it being released last week and the article isn't stable. Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:58, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- Any word on if it will become unprotected before then? :) --211.30.17.74 (talk) 00:36, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- The current semi-protection expires on July 28. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:38, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 00:47, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- The current semi-protection expires on July 28. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:38, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- I believe the article right now will become unprotected in about two weeks, but yesterday when the last protection expired, there was tons of immediate vandalism and it was reprotected. You should consider registering an account and getting more acquainted with WP generally if you are interested in editing these kinds of articles. TimothyJosephWood 00:39, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- 'These kinds of articles'... do you mean popular articles? video game articles? Is there any chance that pending changes might be trialled at some point rather than semi-protection? I have considered registering an account, but I don't want to make that level of commitment at this time. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 00:47, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- There's no real commitment in making an account fwiw. All that's required is an email address (it can be a throwaway one for all we know). You actually have more security with one than without since then no one can readily see IP and trace it. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 00:49, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- I meant popular ones. They are more likely to need protection due to their popularity. Also, as Cyclone said above, an account can be more secure. Right now I can see your IP and can almost certainly tell in about 30 seconds where you are and what organization owns your address if it's static. TimothyJosephWood 00:51, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- Wait, I take that back. Geolocate must be wrong. Not a single thing you've typed has been upside down. TimothyJosephWood 00:53, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)'These kinds of articles' likely refers to popular video game articles. Many video games articles eventually end up with year+ long or even indefinite protection due to reoccurring vandalism. The more popular or visible the game in culture, the more likelihood that the vandalism never quite goes away. At the current level of activity the article is seeing, I believe PC would be too big of a burden for reviewers (I am a reviewer and watching, though I am not making any substantial edits), but in a few weeks it may be possible to give it a try. -- ferret (talk) 00:55, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- 'These kinds of articles'... do you mean popular articles? video game articles? Is there any chance that pending changes might be trialled at some point rather than semi-protection? I have considered registering an account, but I don't want to make that level of commitment at this time. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 00:47, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- I believe the article right now will become unprotected in about two weeks, but yesterday when the last protection expired, there was tons of immediate vandalism and it was reprotected. You should consider registering an account and getting more acquainted with WP generally if you are interested in editing these kinds of articles. TimothyJosephWood 00:39, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Dang, @Ferret:. Thanks for the info about the protection situation. I hope that pending changes will be trialled in the future. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 01:08, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- You could always ask on WP:RFPP to see if it'll get lowered. It probably won't happen but it could be worth a shot. If not, you can always use the {{edit semi protected}} template. Anarchyte (work | talk) 01:46, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, maybe when the current batch of protection is up I'll try that. I have been making requests on the talk page, but some of the stuff I want to do is a bit fiddly to describe - like consolidating the Dean Takahashi VentureBeat article's references into an a,b,c format. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 02:03, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- The depth of scholarship and the potential for scholarship is something to consider before considering Pokemon GO as a special page. I expect that there will be scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and book chapters about Pokemon GO. There has been for Ingress, and also for Zombies, Run! (a 2012 exergame). Would a rush to GA for Pokemon GO mean that potential scholarly sources are 'crowded out', or not integrated as well, down the track? --211.30.17.74 (talk) 06:03, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Pokemon Go Plus
It seems like the Pokemon Go Plus doesn't fit under development, though I also don't think there's enough information on it to pull it out as its own article... thoughts? Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 16:03, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- I've moved it to the gameplay section since it's more integrated with that aspect of the game. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:10, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Ishihara and wife were Ingress players
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Please add the following in the development section:
According to Hanke, the partnership with Ingress was "largely driven by" Ishihara and the Pokemon Company. Ishihara and his wife played Ingress, seeing it as a "perfect match" for Pokemon.[1]
Thank you. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 01:56, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
References
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (December 16, 2015). "How Pokémon Go will benefit from Niantic's lessons from Ingress on location-based game design". VentureBeat. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
Done But rewrote it as "Ishihara had been a big fan of developer Niantic's previous augmented reality game, Ingress, and saw the game's concept as a perfect match for the Pokémon series" and fixed the flow of the section in conjunction. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 06:29, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Yelp and PokeStops?
Is it relevant here that Yelp is asking its users about Pokestops, as another facet of the 'pokemon go driving local business' theme? It has been reported in multiple sources: http://www.cnet.com/news/yelp-is-now-asking-users-about-nearby-pokestops/ --211.30.17.74 (talk) 02:23, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
City Spirit Go - Chinese clone
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Please add information about City Spirit Go, a Chinese clone of Pokemon Go, to the article.
In China, Google services are banned by the Great Firewall. Players of Pokemon GO in China have bought IDs for the Australian Apple Store, used a virtual private network to use Google services, and used a GPS spoofer because there are no Pokemon to catch in China. A clone app called "City Spirit Go" is available in China, and was released shortly after Pokemon GO's beta test in Japan.[1]
Thank you. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 04:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Done Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:52, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Image of Go Plus
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Please add this image of a Go Plus to the article. It is available under a CC BY license on Flickr, and so should be appropriate for inclusion. --211.30.17.74 (talk) 06:08, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- I'll add it in a bit. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 06:18, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Dissident93: Try to crop it so that not too much of the table shows. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:25, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- Added the picture (and cropped), but couldn't find a good caption and place for it. So do what you wish with it. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 07:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- I'll see what I can do. Anarchyte (work | talk) 07:50, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- Added the picture (and cropped), but couldn't find a good caption and place for it. So do what you wish with it. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 07:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Dissident93: Try to crop it so that not too much of the table shows. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:25, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Link to Pokemon specific Wiki
When reading the article I realised that there's no link to the full Pokemon GO Wiki. This could be very helpful for people looking for more specific information. --Pokedigtrio (talk) 10:40, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
- Per WP:ELNO #12, we don't normally add external Wikis, unless they are officially backed by the developers or are used by other reliable sources or something. So in this case, it shouldn't be added. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 10:46, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Pokemon Go
Will it be successful in a country like India? With soo much traffic and lack of infrastructure. Gaju77777777 (talk) 13:57, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Category suggestion
We should add Category:Video games containing microtransactions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.26.140 (talk) 14:15, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Done -- ferret (talk) 14:33, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Accidents
There should be a accident section listing all the incidents that Pokemon go caused similar to the aviation pages (example on the b737 page)
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