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Government simulation game was one of the Video games good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
August 15, 2005	Articles for deletion	Kept
December 30, 2006	Articles for deletion	No consensus
April 11, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed

Current status: Delisted good article

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Archive 1

I archived the talk page in order to remove redundant and pointless discussions made during the first two quarters of 2006. Trust me when I say it says nothing interesting: it's basically quarrel over which games should be included, how much, and a lot of WP:POINTs. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 02:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

Well, even though my AfD failed to reach a consensus, it's quite clear that it needs a LOT of improvement. I took the first steps. Requests for references have now been put into the article after virtually EVERY sentence, and even though I've looked I haven't found any source that would pass WP:RS. If it remains in this state for too long; I will simply nominate it again. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 02:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added to Wikiproject CVG

...To possibly generate some further interest in improving the article.

Stubified

I'm stubifying the article. The topic is valid, but I think it will need a rewrite. Give it a couple months to see what people can contribute. Tarinth 13:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update -- I've added a history and references section, and added one of the earlier games for this category. I'll add more when I can spend some more time with it.

Question

Why are the 80soft (www.80soft.com) games missing? They're by far the single biggest publisher (in number of titles) of political sims, but they are not even mentioned in the article. While dumbed-down crap like the Political Machine, is.

You can also add Hidden Agenda, a freeware game from the mid 90s which was a big influence to the list.

Would the game Call of Duty 4 work on this page, seeing as it is about a radical political movement shown through a militaristic view? ABK20062 (talk) 12:57, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not a simulation game, no. 98.168.204.179 (talk) 03:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To-do List

(Feel free to add things here)

Identify more geopolitical games
Find out about some of the more recent products, ~~including Political Machines (described by Wired: http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,64625,00.html )~~
Find out if there are any games worthy of inclusion that focus on political campaigns, elections or administration in countries other than the United States
~~Locate some screenshots or promotional art for a couple of the games and add to the article~~

- Hey I once had this game on PS2 were you took control of a communist party and had to bring a communist party to power that I have been searching for on the internet as I can't remeber the name! I sold it beacuse I was too young for it and didnt get the concept but I can't for the life of me remeber the name! I will post if I do. Spose I'm just letting you know there are other political based games out there!

RuSTy1989 (talk) 23:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

online nation simulation games

This article should probably discuss the fairly recent emergence of online nation simulation games like NationStates and CyberNations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.248.222.34 (talk) 18:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

GA on hold

Some images need source, as soon as that is addresed I will gladly pass it. -凶 14:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Images sourced. Crimsonfox 11:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA

Images in article has been sourced, article has passed Good Article nomination and has been listed as such.-凶 23:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Inquire about merger

There seems to be much overlap between this genre and Grand strategy game (especially the categories). I am wondering if it would be appropriate to merge that article (or category) with this one. SharkD 20:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is a related category of game but not exactly the same. A merger into Grand strategy game doesn't seem appropriate, considering this is considered a Good Article. Tarinth 13:08, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah.. rather different. They're fundamentally different genres. 98.168.204.179 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:29, 2 May 2009 (UTC).[reply]

HOW THE [edit: explitive] DO U PLAY

I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PLAY OR I WILL QUIT —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tgmille245 (talk • contribs) 04:20:28, August 19, 2007 (UTC).

Priceless...Itake 11:23, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:BalanceOfPower.png

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BetacommandBot 04:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:President Forever 2008.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:PoliticalMachine.jpg

Image:PoliticalMachine.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Political game redirected here

It was a brief mention of the subject that this article already covered in more detail. You might want to check that article's previous state to see if there's something this one could use. --Kizor (talk) 17:13, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nationsims

I visited this page looking for info on online forum games like 'Superpower 2' and 'Nations'. There used to be a page just for them, but 'nationsim' now just redirects here. What has happened?? Urpunkt (talk) 13:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ars Regendi

WHEN Ars Regendi gets removed haphazardly then OTHER external links to less important games HAVE to get removed too! Malone70 (talk) 09:31, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]