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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to role-playing games. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page or look at the goals section on this page to see what the focus is at the moment.

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Title

WikiProject on Role-playing games

Scope

This project aims to improve the coverage and quality of articles on role-playing games (RPGs). The main areas of interest are Games, Terms, Systems, Designers and Publishers.

The project covers tabletop and live action RPGs. Computer RPGs are outside the scope of this project; they belong at WikiProject CVGs.

Related WikiProjects

Parentage

The project is a descendant of WikiProject Games.

Descendant WikiProjects

This project is theoretically an ancestor of Wikipedia:WikiProject Forgotten Realms, though that WikiProject predates this one.

Participants

To join the project, just add yourself to this list in an alphabetical order.

Sympathizers

If you don't want to or have the time to participate yourself, but think the project is worthwhile, show your support by adding your name to this list.

Goals

Discussions on goals can be held on the Goals subpage.

Short-term goals

Short-term goals are measurable and achievable in a reasonably short time. Move a goal to reached when it's finished.

  1. Add an appropriate image to all RPGs in Category:Comedy role-playing games and Category:Espionage role-playing games. (discussion)

Long-term goals

Long-term goals are what the project is working towards. Move a goal to short-term to focus on it for a period of time.

  1. Add an infobox with an appropriate image to all RPGs.
  2. Catalogue all the notable publishers.
  3. Consistent naming: rename all "Foo (RPG)" and "Foo (Role-playing game)" pages to "Foo (role-playing game)". Note: This assumes 1) that just "Foo", without the parenthetical qualifier, is already used for another article (if it isn't, just use that), and 2) that Foo is a specific role-playing game, not an article about multiple role-playing games, or RPGs in general. The plural, "Foo (role-playing games)", is preferred for those. Category: Role-playing game terms has many examples.
  4. Organize and categorize all known RPG systems (eg. D20, interlock and others), and write decent articles on them.
  5. Catalogue notable RPG games.
  6. Add other essential RPG-related knowledge to Wikipedia.
  7. Flesh out the stubs at Category:Role-playing game stubs to full articles.
  8. Get Role-playing game to FA status.
  9. Describe terminology that is common to most RPGs.
  10. Create an RPG WikiPortal at Portal:Role-playing games.
  11. Play some RPG.

Reached goals

Move achieved goals from the other lists here, so we can see if we're making any progress.

  1. Find a good mini-image for {{rpg-stub}} and {{userbox RPG}}.
  2. Decide on a Userbox-look.
  3. Move published RPGs from Category:Role-playing games to the subcategory Category:Published role-playing games. (discussion)
  4. Make a Category: Live-action role-playing games to reduce and organize Category: Role-playing games a bit (see above).
  5. Clean up/reduce and organize the Category: Role-playing games, "spiritual home" of this project. Was a major Project effort, discussion archived on the Talk page.
  6. Write structure guidelines for articles on the project page.
  7. An RPG infobox has been added to articles in the following categories: Indie RPGs, GURPS, Horror role-playing games, World of Darkness, Comedy role-playing games, Espionage role-playing games, Superhero role-playing games, Historical role-playing games, Science fiction role-playing games and Fantasy role-playing games.
  8. An image has been added to articles in the following categories: World of Darkness, GURPS, Horror


Style

Discussions on style and structure of role-playing game and RPG-related articles can be held on the Style subpage.

Articles should follow, as closely as is possible, the guidance at the Manual of Style.

Role-playing games

For articles on role-playing games, we recommend the following layout:

Title is a genre [[role-playing game]], designed by designer and published by current publisher. Brief explanation what is notable about the game.

==Setting==
  • full description of the game setting if the game uses a custom setting, or:
  • Main article: [[game setting]]
    brief description of setting; full description of anything added or fleshed out for the game if the system is shared between games, or if it is taken from another work of fiction.
==System==
  • full description of the game system if the game uses a custom system, or:
  • Main article: [[game system]]
    brief description of game system; full description of what's different in this game if it's shared across many games
==History==
  • full history of different editions of and supplements to the game, if any, and any awards won by the game. If there is only one thing to mention, put the game's publication date in the lead sentence and omit this section.
==See also==
  • brief list of very similar RPGs, or other games in the same product line - but not just a list of games in the same genre (that's why we have the categories)
==References==
  • A section for references at the bottom, in the following format:
    Books, modules, supplements, boxed sets, etc
    Author or editor. Title of product (publisher, date). Available online:URL, if applicable
    Articles in periodicals, or works within an anthology
    Author. "Title." Periodical or anthology title issue# (publisher, date). Available online:URL, if applicable
    Online sources
    Author. "Title." Available online:URL
  • One should strive to include only the more relevant references, as including sources with every mention of the subject in question would make the article needlessly long.
==External links==
  • any external resources not covered under references

[[Category:Appropriate genre of role-playing games]] - or more than one if appropriate

Setting, System and History could come in any order, depending on what's most important for the game in question.

Important terms should be in bold, so it's easy to see what the paragraph you're reading is about.

Example articles

List articles that are of a high enough standard to be used as good examples of their category.

Role-playing games


Templates

Infoboxes

<title>
<image>
Designers<designer(s)>
Publishers<publisher(s)>
Publication<publication date>
Genres<genre(s)>
Systems<system>
<footnotes>
  • {{Infobox RPG

|title= <title> |image= <image> |caption= <caption for image> |designer= <designer(s)> |publisher= <publisher(s)> |date= <publication date> |genre= <genre(s)> |system= <system> |footnotes= <footnotes>

}} will produce the infobox shown to the left. Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:Infobox RPG


Stub templates

{{rpg-stub}} will produce:

Stub icon

This role-playing game related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:rpg-stub

{{D&D-stub}} will produce:

Stub icon

This Dungeons & Dragons article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:D&D-stub

{{Dragonlance-stub}} will produce:

Stub icon

This Dungeons & Dragons article related to Dragonlance is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:Dragonlance-stub

{{Eberron-stub}} will produce:

Template:Eberron-stub Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:Eberron-stub

{{Forgotten Realms-stub}} will produce:

Template:Forgotten Realms-stub Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:Forgotten Realms-stub

{{Greyhawk-stub}} will produce:

Stub icon

This Dungeons & Dragons article related to Greyhawk is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:Greyhawk-stub

Other templates

Ten sided dieThis user is a member of
WikiProject Role-playing games.



Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:Userbox RPG

  • {{RPG}} will produce:

Part of a series on
Role-playing games
Types
Topics
Terminology
Lists
WikiProject


Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:RPG

  • For cover images, the non-project-specific {{Bookcover}} will produce:

Discussion of this template should be held at Template talk:RPG cover

Categories

Category:Role-playing games
Category:Role-playing game templates

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