Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20150401/News

News and announcements

New articles

• There were 124 new articles and 8 new drafts in January 2015.
• There were 103 new articles and 14 new drafts in February 2015.
• There were 130 new articles and 13 new drafts in March 2015.

Announcements

• Congratulations to the Polish Video Game Wikiproject (Wikiprojekt:Gry komputerowe) on its 10th anniversary which took place on February 2. In total 7 different interlanguage WP:VGs have now reached this milestone!
• What is perhaps the most controversial article relating to video games on Wikipedia, the GamerGate controversy article went through an Arbitration case from November 27th, 2014 to January 29th, 2015. The proposed decision on the case resulted in thirteen editors being sanctioned from all things relating to the topic, from topic bans to even an editor being site banned. Whether you support or oppose GamerGate, the impact of the case resulted in it making news on websites like The Guardian. To learn more on the ArbCom case and anything else relating to GamerGate on Wikipedia, please see the articles made at the Signpost.
• After discussion, the Video Game project has decided to discontinue its use of A-class article. This resulted in the 42 A-class articles being re-classed as Good Articles instead. The discussion can be found here.

On the Main Page

The Main Page is the most prominent page on the English Wikipedia.

Several video game articles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page between January and March 2015. Congratulations to the contributing editors!

The following were Today's featured article on the following dates:

• Tony Hawk's Underground on 15 January
• Batman: Arkham City on 27 January
• Final Fantasy VIII on 11 February
• Lost Luggage on 8 March
• God of War on 22 March

The following were the Picture of the day on the following dates:

• PlayStation 2 on 14 January

The following were Today's featured list on the following dates:

• List of songs in Rock Band 3 on 23 January

Facts from the following articles appeared on the Main Page's Did you know? section:

• Overwatch, 1 January
• Grand Theft Auto IV, 2 January
• The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, 9 January
• Adrift, 15 January
• M.U.L.E. Returns, 18 January
• Grand Theft Auto V (re-release), 19 January
• Fullbright, 22 January
• Mother (video game series), 27 January
• Vainglory, 3 February
• Jill Valentine, 5 February
• Max Payne, 9 February
• Lemmings, 10 February
• Beyond: Two Souls, 14 February
• Controversies surrounding Grand Theft Auto V, 15 February
• Goat Simulator, 26 February
• Star Trek: Borg, 28 February
• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, 1 March
• Resident Evil 5, 2 March
• Game of War: Fire Age, 2 March
• Development of Red Dead Redemption, 17 March
• Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham, 18 March
• Sarah Kerrigan, 21 March
• Crusader Kings II: Sword of Islam, 23 March
• Donut County, 24 March
• Firewatch, 31 March