The Gamer's Quarter

dessgeega · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: build our wikipedia page!

as some of you are probably aware, there used to be a wikipedia entry on the gamer's quarter. some time ago it was deleted with the kind of snark one can only get from the kind of armchair arbiter who trolls wikipedia for fodder for an itchy click-finger.

one of the points raised by our little magistrate is that the page was posted by shaper, our editor-in-chief, and thus could be construed as a vanity page. as such, i am asking YOU, the gamer's quarter reader and supporter, to build what will be

THE GLORIOUS SECOND GAMER'S QUARTER WIKIPEDIA ENTRY

also i know shit about editing wikipedia. so what should you consider adding to this grand new wikipedia entry? a summary of the magazine's history and mission statement, i suppose. a list of staff members, a list of back issues and their themes, possibly a list of contents. check the entry on insert credit's wiki (unfortunately out of date).

you might mention that staffers from the gamer's quarter have gone on to write for other publications like retrogamer uk, play magazine, the escapist, and games on deck!

and of course: references. they also deleted us for not citing enough references / not being enough internet famous / not being a character on star trek, so here are a bunch of mentions of the gamer's quarter on the internet that you can sprinkle across our entry to spice it with reference:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504242/20050616/index.jhtml?headlines=true (mtv - this one's important!)
http://gamedev101.blogspot.com/search?q=gamer%27s+quarter (gamedev101)
http://www.gamespite.net/verbalspew/archives/archive_2006-m06.php#e140 (jeremy parish - probably more of these)
http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/000603.html (insert credit)
http://nikthegreek.tblog.com/ (tblog)
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1555633/20070326/index.jhtml (mtv - AGAIN!)

there are probably many more! use your imagination! also research!

here are some wikipedia entries that mention the gamer's quarter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Campbell (faithless)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L.E. (m.u.l.e.)

there are plenty of entries that are ripe for links to a the gamer's quarter wikipedia entry, too: seiklus, for instance.

between all these things i think we have a solid foundation for an airtight, non-deletable wikipedia entry! so i am asking you, readers: your magazine has given you its blood, sweat and tears. now is time to give back to your magazine. build us a wikipedia entry that we can be proud of. a wikipedia entry for the ages.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I support this endeavor!

Go Team Venture!
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The Soviet Onion · . Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 41

What exactly are you hoping to achieve by this? Wikipedia is a horrible wasteland populated solely by autistics and pedophiles. Engaging in an internet slapfight over whether or not The Gamer's Quarter is worthy of inclusion strikes me as a complete waste of time, given that all of the information you mention is available, here, on the internet, on a webpage conveniently titled gamersquarter.com.

elvis.shrugged · . Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 108 Location: Stratford, CT

I support this as well!

I like Wikipedia Sad

dessgeega · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject:

it's not so much about giving wikipedia's little dictators five across the eyes (though i wouldn't deny that that's part of it) as it is about fixing a conspicuous absence. wikipedia is a good resource, even if the people running it are only interested in their own authority (and the continuity of forever knight), and there's no reason a search of the gamer's quarter should turn up nothing. i would like someone browsing wikipedia to be able to find information on our magazine if she's looking for it. there's no reason she shouldn't be able to.
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The Soviet Onion · . Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 41

Why would you want someone to get their information processed through wikipedia when they could get it directly from the source? You're playing directly into their hands.

dessgeega · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject:

curses! wikipedia, you've tricked me again!
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elvis.shrugged · . Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 108 Location: Stratford, CT

What, Dess?

dessgeega · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

i was sort of poking fun at the soviet onion's tone.

seriously, i don't think that wikipedia is ultimate judge of worth on the internet, and i don't feel as though the gamer's quarter or anyone needs approval from them to keep on doing the wonderful things that we do. i do, however, like wikipedia as a practical resource - and i think it's silly that we don't have a page on there.

at any rate, i'm not planning on creating one, nor is any other staffer. if a reader is interested in doing so, that's just fine. that's what this thread is about.
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dhex · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject:

considering wikipedia is the number one hit on almost all google searches these days, it's silly not to get something together.

it's a better starting point than google, really.
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The Soviet Onion · . Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 41

I'm just saying that you're not going to be able to change wikipedia for the better. Somebody's going to end up spending time and effort for nothing.

dhex · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 8:28 am Post subject:

why? because some douchefuck might delete it again? i think hepping the references will help tremendously, and if i weren't drowning in bullshit right now i'd help out more (i can probably edit whatever gets done).

anarchy is ugly, dude.
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The Soviet Onion · . Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 41

I don't see how, if you agree that wikipedia is under the control of Strike Force Asperger's, you can still think that jumping through their hoops is worthwhile. It's the exact opposite of an anarchy.

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

gamesetwatch have linked to the magazine a few times, too.
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Even if you find the people who generally make up the controlling group of Wikipedia to be, well, questionable, that doesn't mean that leveraging WP to help people find a site is giving into "them" or performing for "their" pleasure.

I mean, Jerkcity has an entry, ferchrissakes.

dhex · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject:

SuperWes · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject:

extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

Just remember to apply for undeletion instead of writing an article. Any article that has been deleted cannot be recreated without an application for undeletion. There are assholes who check thhis for all article creations.

dhex · Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject:

that doesn't particularly seem like an asshole move at all. prudent, even.

or do you mean it's assholes who do it?
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

New Link:
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/05/a_tribute_to_retro_core_now_de.php

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_For_Two
External Links has us as the only simulator.
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/05/gamers_quarter_highlights_zzt.php

Simon is stalking us!
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1559100/20070508/id_0.jhtml

Hmm. More fodder

Is anyone working on this project?
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

I just read that one an hour ago! I was listening to Stephen's interview with Tom Kim on gamasutra. I like what he has to say.
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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295