Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo

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Shortcut: WP:NES WP:NIN Project subpages: Vital Articles Collaboration of the fortnight To-do list for WikiProject Nintendo and Portal:Nintendo: Wikify: Cleanup: Team Rocket, Croconaw, Team Rocket (anime), Custom Robo, List of Mario villains, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing (series) Stubs: Baten Kaitos Origins, Nintendo R&D2, Forever Blue, see Category:Nintendo stubs Copyedit: Yoshi, Captain Falcon Expand: Team Rocket, List of Nintendo patents, Dr Mario, Nintendo Club Requests: Nintendo characters in art

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Nintendo. 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 and see the to-do list here

For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

Also, please note that WikiProject Nintendo focuses only on Nintendo owned characters, games, and systems. However, this does exclude Super Mario RPG related articles which, though owned by Square Enix, features Nintendo related characters.

Wikiproject:Nintendo's associated portal is Portal:Nintendo. It is a descendant project of Wikiproject Computer and video games. If you'd like to join, just add your name to the members list below.

Contents 1 Title 2 Goals 3 Other Projects 3.1 WikiProjects 3.1.1 Parent and descendant WikiProjects 3.1.2 Related WikiProjects 4 Members 5 Current requests and votes 6 Collaboration of the fortnight 7 Nintendo Meetups 8 General strategy and discussion forums 9 To do list 10 Writing articles 10.1 Layout 10.2 Think of the reader 10.3 Use clear, precise and accurate terms 10.4 Other issues 10.5 Article examples 11 Templates 11.1 Other templates 11.1.1 General 11.1.2 By series 12 Sister Project links

[edit] Title

The WikiProject Nintendo (WP:NES for short)

[edit] Goals

• Organize all Nintendo related articles through the usage of templates, categories, and stubs
• Improve on Nintendo related articles to featured article status (or at the very least to good article status)
• Create new articles relating to Nintendo

[edit] Other Projects

[edit] WikiProjects

[edit] Parent and descendant WikiProjects

• Wikiproject Games

• Wikiproject Computer and video games

• WikiProject Nintendo (this project)

• Wikiproject Pokemon Adoption Center (Defunct)

• Wikiproject Pokemon Collaborative Project

• Pokémon Adoption Center 2 (sub project)

• Wikiproject Nintendo Wars (inactive)
• WikiProject The Legend of Zelda series

[edit] Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Final Fantasy
• WikiProject Digimon Systems Update
• WikiProject Mortal Kombat
• WikiProject Tycoon Computer Games
• The Elder Scrolls

[edit] Members

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/Members

[edit] Current requests and votes

Editors of Nintendo-related articles are encouraged to list Requests for Peer Review, Good Article Candidates (GAC), Featured Article Candidates (FAC), Articles for Deletion votes (AfD) and other votes or requests here:

[edit] Collaboration of the fortnight

See Collaboration of the fortnight

[edit] Nintendo Meetups

• Next meetup has not yet been decided. Please discuss on the talk page.

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

• /General
• /Strategy
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/Vital - A list of major topics relating to Nintendo and their quality etc.

I know that this is what wikibooks is for, but wouldn't it be cool to have strategies on WP? They would be much more comprehensive due to WP's large userbase. Jake34567 06:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] To do list

	To-do list for Wikiproject Nintendo and Portal:Nintendo:	edit - history - watch - refresh
	Wikify: Cleanup: Team Rocket, Croconaw, Team Rocket (anime), Custom Robo, List of Mario villains, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing (series) Stubs: Baten Kaitos Origins, Nintendo R&D2, Forever Blue, see Category:Nintendo stubs Copyedit: Yoshi, Captain Falcon Expand: Team Rocket, List of Nintendo patents, Dr Mario, Nintendo Club Requests: Nintendo characters in art

[edit] Writing articles

Brief overview of Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles.

[edit] Layout

• Introductory material: Good articles should start with a brief lead section which introduces the reader to the topic.
• Size:Articles should be kept relatively short with mostly only necessary information. When articles grow past this amount of readable text, they should be broken up to improve readability and ease of editing.
• Paragraphs: Remember that paragraphs should be relatively short to reduce eyestrain, but not too short. If it does manage to become too long, divide it up into separate paragraphs with similar themes.
• Headings: Headings can help clarify articles and compose the table of contents. For more information, see Wikipedia:Section.
• Images: If the article can be illustrated with pictures, find an appropriate place to position these images, where they relate closely to text they illustrate.
• Standard appendices: Other optional sections can be included as well. This includes quotations, related topics, references, and external links (also called further reading).
• Also, please see Wikipedia:Long article layout or Wikipedia:Article size if the article manages to become too large.

[edit] Think of the reader

• State the obvious, which is usually done at the first sentence or two of the article.
• Have a Lead section, a section before the first headline. It should establish significances, large implications and why we should care.
• Use other languages sparingly, and make sure it is used only as extra information, not something the reader needs to know to understand the article. However, in the English-language Wikipedia, the English form does not always have to come first, sometimes the non-English word is better as the main text with the English in parentheses or set off by commas after it, and sometimes not.
• Use colour sparingly, as too many colours on one page make them look cluttered and unencyclopedic.

[edit] Use clear, precise and accurate terms

• Use short sentences and lists with only necessary words, and sometimes using periods rather than commas (though this does not mean one should use fewer words).
• Use the principle of least astonishment. Be sure to plan your pages and links so that everything appears reasonable and makes sense.
• The phrase refers to should usually be found near the beginning of Wikipedia articles.
• Check your facts and make sure everything is true, usually through citing good sources. Also avoid blanket terms unless you have verified them and stay on topic (avoid irrelevant information). When dealing with fiction (such as Nintendo characters) you should be sure to clearly distinguish fact and fiction as well.
• Be sure to pay attention to spelling and grammar, especially of new page names.
• Avoid peacock and weasel terms that show off the subject or expresses opinions.
• When making an article, make omissions explicit and always aim for completeness.

[edit] Other issues

• Do not use honorifics or titles such as Mr, Ms, Rev, Doctor, etc.
• Avoid inappropriate subjects. Please remember Wikipedia is not an advertising medium or home page service.
• Avoid making your articles orphans and be sure to add links. However when you do create links, link only one or a few instances of the same term; don't link all instances of it. See also: Wikipedia:Links.
• For issues involving pronouns, see m:Quest for gender-neutral pronouns and the discussion.
• Remember to integrate changes. For example, when you make a change to some text, rather than appending the new text you'd like to see included at the bottom of the page, if you feel so motivated, please place and edit your comments so that they flow seamlessly with the present text.
• Be sure to remember that unimportant things are important, too.
• Everyone makes mistakes, though try to avoid making common mistakes.
• It is best to make a personal copy of an article, just in case you get into some sort of edit war or a revert war. However, be sure to stay cool.

[edit] Article examples

Good articles Charizard (Now A-Class) Charmander Combusken Eevee F-Zero GX Final Fantasy (video game) Final Fantasy Adventure Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy V Golden Sun Golduck Hoppip Iridion 3D Ivysaur (Now A-Class) Makuhita Mareep Marshtomp Mega Man X (character) Mega Man Zero 4 Metroid Prime Mudkip Nintendo DS

Paras (Pokémon) Pikachu Pokemon Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Princess Peach Quilava Shuppet Snorunt Solid Snake Squirtle Star Fox 64 Star Fox Adventures Star Fox Command Star Fox: Assault Sunkern Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Land Super Princess Peach The Legend of Zelda (series) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Weedle Yoshi Touch & Go Yoshi's Island DS Zero (Mega Man)

Featured articles Bulbasaur Chrono Trigger Donkey Kong (arcade game) Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy VI Link (The Legend of Zelda) The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker List of Final Fantasy titles List of Nintendo 64 games List of Virtual Boy games Nintendo Entertainment System Perfect Dark Torchic Wii Former Featured articles Lakitu Goomba Super Mario 64 (Now A-Class) Wario (Now A-Class)

[edit] Templates

What to type	What it makes	What it's for
{{Nintendo-stub}} Talk	This Nintendo-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	The stub for Nintendo-related articles.
{{NES}} Talk	This user is a member of the The Nintendo Wikiproject.	For Nintendo WikiProject members, to put on their user pages. All Nintendo userboxes go into Category:WikiProject Nintendo members.
{{SNES}} Talk	This user is a member of the The Nintendo Wikiproject .	For Nintendo WikiProject members, to put on their user pages. All Nintendo userboxes go into Category:WikiProject Nintendo members.
{{Infobox CVG}} Talk	See template for use and options.	Infobox for Video game articles
{{portal|Nintendo|Wikitendo2.svg}}	Nintendo Portal	Put this at the top of the "See also" section of all Nintendo-related pages.

[edit] Other templates

[edit] General

• {{Nintendo developers}}
• {{Nintendo hardware}}
• {{Nintendo-screenshot}} (use when providing copyright information for a Nintendo-related screenshot)
• {{Nintendo.com}} (use to link to Nintendo's main website)
• {{Nintendo.com news}}

[edit] By series

Mario-related {{Dr. Mario series}} {{Mario series}} {{Mario Golf series}} {{Mario Kart series}} {{Mario Party series}} {{Mario Tennis series}} {{Mario characters}} {{Wario series}} {{Yoshi series}}

Other {{Animal Crossing series}} {{Fire Emblem}} {{F-Zero series}} {{Kirby series}} {{Metroid series}} {{Mother series}} {{Nintendo Wars series}} {{Pikmin series}} {{PokémonGames}} {{Star Fox series}} {{Super Smash Bros. series}} {{Zelda series}} {{Donkey Kong series}}

[edit] Sister Project links

Find more information on Nintendo by searching Wikipedia's sister projects
	Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary
	Textbooks from Wikibooks
	Quotations from Wikiquote
	Source texts from Wikisource
	Images and media from Commons
	News stories from Wikinews
	Learning resources from Wikiversity