Wikipedia:WikiProject Final Fantasy

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	Current Tasks Edit or watch this list
Peer review: Character class articles Expand: List of Final Fantasy III locations (more!) Other: expand, add images, standardised, improve ...more List articles on index or highlight them for improvement Standardise! We have a Style guide!
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31 March: Final Fantasy XII has been selected as a Featured Article! 30 March: Characters of Final Fantasy VIII has been selected as a Featured Article! 26 March: Rinoa Heartilly has achieved Good Article status! 26 March: Final Fantasy II has achieved Good Article status! 20 March: Characters of Final Fantasy VIII has achieved Good Article status! 20 March: Final Fantasy VII was featured on the main page as today's featured article on March 20! 23 February: Final Fantasy XII has achieved Good Article status! 23 February: Final Fantasy XI has achieved Good Article status! 16 February: Final Fantasy III has achieved Good Article status!

WikiProject Final Fantasy is a collaboration designed to improve the quality of Wikipedia material related to Square Enix's popular Final Fantasy series of console role-playing games. This WikiProject covers any topic directly related to the installments of the Final Fantasy series, as well as spin-offs, future titles, and related people and companies.

Our goals are to:

• standardize content by implementing our manual of style, following guidelines accpeted by the project, adhering to policy, and improving the quality of content; and
• set a precedent among WikiProjects by improving all related material to at least Good Article or Featured List status.

As a means to these ends, this project is a place where editors can compare notes, discuss goals, and address issues by building consensus.

Contents 1 Content and behavior 1.1 What this project is not 2 Attaining goals 2.1 Goal One 2.2 Goal Two 3 Subpages 4 Sample articles 5 Achievements 5.1 Featured articles, lists, and topics 5.1.1 Featured article candidates 5.2 Good articles 5.2.1 Good article candidates 6 Deletion 7 Parentage 8 Collaborations 9 Participants 9.1 Past participants

[edit] Content and behavior

Like the rest of Wikipedia, Final Fantasy material must follow all policies. For content, these are: attribution, which includes avoiding original research; neutral point of view; what Wikipedia is not; naming conventions; and, where appropriate, biographies of living persons. If an article does not follow these policies, it should not be included. All other policies on list of policies also apply, including those related to deletion and images. Behvarioral policies are also strictly enforced.

To aid with the above policies, several guidelines are also accepted and implemented by this WikiProject. One of the most important is the project's manual of style, which serves as a guide to standardize the format of material within the scope of this collaboration. Most accepted and relevant guidelines are explained in the manual of style. Other guidelines, such as Spoiler warnings, are not implemented in certain situations per project consensus. However, guidelines like notability of fiction and writing about fiction are usually followed, as mentioned in the manual of style.

[edit] What this project is not

This project is not:

• a groupthink device to circumvent Wikipedia policy by including unencyclopedic material;
• a collaboration meant only for experienced editors; or
• GameFAQs — a place for video game guides and excessive details about plot and gameplay, as aforementioned.

[edit] Attaining goals

[edit] Goal One

Our first goal is to "standardize content by implementing our manual of style, following guidelines accpeted by the project, adhering to policy, and improving the quality of content". Our manual of style is constantly enforced and updated; in general, this goal is already attained. However, sometimes it slips away, questions about new additions come up, or changes are made. In these cases, it is important to make sweeping changes to enforce the new version of the manual of style. Other times, ideas are tested on articles and then added to the manual. In general, this goal is attained through adherence to our manual of style, which in turn adheres to all policies and most guidelines.

The manual of style is updated or tweaked when there is consensus to make those changes. In a case where the manual of style needs to be updated to follow policy, it is acceptable and imperative to change it quickly. Please remember that there is a significant difference between policy and guideline, as addressed above.

In many cases, drastic measures need to be taken to ensure material follows policy and our manual of style. This is done by nominating articles for deletion, blocking vandals, upholding consensus in a firm but civil manner, and holding talkpage discussions.

[edit] Goal Two

Goal Two states that the project intends to "set a precedent among WikiProjects by improving all material to at least Good Article or Featured List status". This is an attainable long-term goal if material follows all policies, the notability guidelines for fiction, and the manual of style. For information on plans being hatched to attain this goal, view the project discussion page. This goal will require synergy and hard work, but the reward is a sense of accomplishment, a major contribution to the information revolution, and perhaps an unprecedented pinnacle on Wikipedia. Of course, attaining this goal will possibly take several years.

Right now, there is a large campaign to ensure that material follows all policies and accepted guidelines. This is the next step towards attaining this goal.

[edit] Subpages

• Project discussion page – Discussion page for issues relating to specific articles; creation, update, queries and comments.
• Community – Anyone interested in joining and participating in this WikiProject is free to do so! You're not committing yourself to anything or signing your life away, you're simply joining a group of Wikipedians focused on the improvement of articles that match their interest - Final Fantasy. Visit this subsection for topics relating to wider Wiki issues, project management and members.
• Community discussion page – Discussion page for topics relating to wider Wiki issues, project management, housekeeping and the project's participants.
• Sub-projects – Sub-projects are small mini-projects that are worked on by individuals or small groups of contibutors to the overall WikiProject. They are not necessarily separate from, but more like an addition to the Project. They are specific in what their aims are, and are therefore usually short-term in plans.
• Manual of style – The manual of style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. The following rules do not claim to be the last word on article layout and format, but instead provides a consistency within the Final Fantasy article series. See also the Wikipedia general style and how-to directory.
• Peer review – The peer review is intended to help review and develop articles with Final Fantasy related material, and to improve these articles so they are a good article, or even to featured article status. This review page is preliminary to other Peer Reviews, and are merely suggestions. WikiProject Final Fantasy uses CVG Peer Review for more official reviews, and then WP:Peer Review on the road to featured article status. Please bear in mind this page will only simply attract criticism from Final Fantasy editors.
• Index – A list of Final Fantasy-related articles.
• To do – A list of articles that require attention, as highlighted by fellow editors.
• Sandbox – A page for carrying out experiments with coding and editing.
• Templates – A list of templates used within the WikiProject.

There's also an IRC chatroom for project-related discussion which can be found at irc.freenode.net/wpff, however rarely used it may be.

[edit] Sample articles

The following articles represent examples of content quality and the desired layout and formatting for articles of their type. There are other articles of similar quality, and there is always room for improvement.

• Game article — Final Fantasy VII
• Album article — Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon
• Character article — Squall Leonhart
• General character article — Characters of Final Fantasy VIII
• General locations article — Locations in Spira

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Featured articles, lists, and topics Items in bold have appeared on the Wikipedia front page. Final Fantasy titles series List of Final Fantasy titles Characters of Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy VI Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy X-2 Final Fantasy XII [edit] Featured article candidates Topic of Final Fantasy VIII (featured topic candidate)

[edit] Good articles Aerith Gainsborough Cloud Strife Final Fantasy (video game) Final Fantasy II Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy V Final Fantasy IX Final Fantasy XI Final Fantasy Adventure Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Jenova Locations in Spira Music of Final Fantasy VIII Rinoa Heartilly Sephiroth Spira (Final Fantasy X) Squall Leonhart Tidus Yuna [edit] Good article candidates None.

[edit] Deletion

Final Fantasy-related articles, templates, and categories currently listed for deletion.

Add the following to the debate when listing it here:
* <span style="font-size: smaller;">Note: This debate has been added to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Final Fantasy#Deletion|list of Final Fantasy deletions]]. ~~~~</span>

[edit] Parentage

• WikiProject Games (inactive)
  • WikiProject Computer and video games
    • WikiProject Square Enix
      • WikiProject Final Fantasy
• WikiProject Japan
  • WikiProject Anime and Manga
    • WikiProject Square Enix
      • WikiProject Final Fantasy

[edit] Collaborations

WikiProject Final Fantasy occasionally participates in the gaming collaboration of the week with also members of WikiProject Computer and Video Games.

The current Gaming Collaboration of the week is "Baldur's Gate series". The next winner will be selected on Monday, April 9, 2007. Last week's article was Kirby Super Star — see how it improved (before | after)

In addition, most articles concerning Final Fantasy are eligible for WikiProject Computer and Video Games peer review. To request that a Final Fantasy article be submitted for peer review, please follow these instructions, and be sure to leave a note on our project discussion page so that those of us who don't closely follow the CVG WikiProject are aware of the process.

[edit] Participants

Join us! You know you want to, but please don't edit this section to do so. Instead click the Add yourself! link, below. Once you join, please check in on the Community talk page and watch out for periodic roll calls - they're used to keep our list of participants current. If you miss a call and your name disappears from this list, it's nothing personal! Just add yourself again.

NOTICE — this list was updated extensively on March 1. Any names not included on the most recent two roll calls have been or will be added to the past participants section.

Add yourself!

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[edit] Past participants

WikiProject Final Fantasy also gratefully acknowledges the past contributions of:

Aegwyn, Alfakim, Amren, Andi Saleh, andycyca, Antemeridian, Assassingod, Azhain, Barrylocke, BigCow, B_alasdair, BWIceSoldier, Byakugan360, Caleb09, Caterfree10, Cesarm, Choogle, Chossenji, Cocopopz2005, Chanlord, Chequers, ClaudeLv250, Cronodude360, Cswrye, Dalkaen, Dalton Imperial, Dancing Svaron, DarkEvil, Darkstar949, Death motor, Demandred, Derktar, Deusfaux, Digimonlover8, DropDeadGorgias, Eeno, ElenaTheTurk, Elinara, Emhilradim, Enderu, Epitaf, Ereinion, Exlanzer, FFAddictee, FinalMinuet, Finduilas 09, FlareNUKE, Flooch, Forthelulz, Frid, Fx21, Gamemaker, General Eisenhower, Glod14k, GoodSirJava, Grand Moff Gav, Grant the Wise, Great Legacy, GrimRepr39, guesswho9, Guspaz, Hadowmasterlink, Hariharan91, Harp Heaven, Hibana, Highbeed, HS Yuna, HTL2001, Htmlism, Huricos, HwarangX, Ifrit, ILorbb, iriseyes, Jay2o, JarlaxleArtemis, JessicaX, jonasaurus, JSHunter, Kasei, Kasreyn, Kazuhite, KawaiiDragoness, Kermit blue, Kingcloud12, KnuxTheFox, LaneRendell, LBMixPro, Lego3400, Lettucefolk, Lockeownzj00, Lord of nothing, madcowpoo, Made2Fade, ManVsMachine, MattBattista, MetalGamer, Marcg106, Mark DR, Mason11987, MatthewCHS, Melodiester, Merkurix, Megamix, Melodia, Mirlen, Mohamed Abdel Mageed, Mrcheshire, Mushrambo, Natiow59, Nifboy, Norvy, Olorin28, Peaceman, Photo22, PiccoloNamek, Pink Keith, Plebmonk, PTM, QelDroma06, QmunkE, QubitOtaku, Quixoto, Rabid Behemoth, Raditzu, Rdysn5, Riff, RikkuFan925, Roninbk, ryan d, Ryu Kaze, Sadmachine14, ScotchMB, Seancdaug, Serial_CH0, Shabook, ShadowHunter, ShadowKnight, Shimei, ShiraShira, Silmarillion, Slogankid, Someone42, Spencer, TabulaRasa, Tedius Zanarukando, Terraguy, Tik, Tristam, Turee, ultimaflux, UOSSReiska, Userdan, Vainqueur, Valenkorps, Valhallia, Vanguard, Vincentvivi, Viviffix, Vyran, Wack'd About Wiki, Warpedmirror, WhiteMateria, Xornok, Yellow Element, YhnMzw, Zaorish, Zachary crimsonwolf, and Zilog Jones