Wiki143:WikiProject Games/Templates

Template:WP:WikiProject Games/Sidebar This page documents templates related to games. Note that infobox templates shown below are examples, purely for demonstration purposes. Therefore some information has been omitted to reduce the size of the template transclusion on this page.

Project templates

Project banner

Template	Example	Information
Template:Tl		Tag the talk pages all WikiProject Games related articles and project subpages with this template. It will automatically add the page to Category:WikiProject Games articles.

Welcome template

Template	Example	Information
Template:Tl	Welcome to Wikipedia:WikiProject Games File:Nuvola apps kbackgammon engine.png Hi WikiProject Games! You are receiving this message because we've noticed your excellent edits on games-related articles. We need your help at the Games WikiProject! There is much work to do, so please head over to the project page and help us enhance and increase the coverage of game related articles on Wikipedia!	A welcome template that welcomes new users to our project. Add it to the talk pages of new users who have contributed to video-game related articles, using {{subst:WWGame Welcome}} --~~~~.

Article templates

Infobox

See also: Infobox discussion, Project template discussion, Release dates.

Template	Example	Information
Template:Tl	Template:Template other	Infobox game should be used in all game articles where the infobox will ADD to the quality of the article. Do NOT add an infobox to an article simply for the sake of it. The infobox image used should be relevant to the game. Avoid images that include people unless absolutely needed. Make sure that the image used comply with the Wikipedia image use policy.
Template:Tl	Template:Vgrelease	Used for release dates, which creates superscript abbreviations. Other country codes are listed here.
Template:Tl	2007	For dates in video-game related articles where the day-of-year is not known, the year should be linked to "YYYY in video gaming". The template creates this wikilink easily: {{vgy|2007}} will automatically produce the year and create a link to the appropriate article.

Video game requirements

Template	Example	Information
Template:Tl	Template:Video game requirements	Provides a table of requirements for a video game for a personal computer system if more space is needed than what is provided by the Infobox template.

Image tags

Template	Example
Template:Tl	Template:Non-free game cover
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Template:Tl	Template:Non-free game screenshot

Cleanup

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Stub types

For a generic stub about computer and video games, use Template:Tl. This will put the article into the Video game stubs category.

For a more specific stub by genre, use:

• Template:Tl (action or exercise computer/video game)
• Template:Tl (adventure or roleplaying computer/video game)
• Template:Tl} (games based on anime and/or manga properties)
• Template:Tl (arcade game)
• Template:Tl (educational game)
• Template:Tl (fighting game)
• Template:Tl (music game)
• Template:Tl (platforming game)
• Template:Tl (puzzle game)
• Template:Tl (racing game)
• Template:Tl (role playing game)
• Template:Tl (2D or 3D shooter computer/video game)
• Template:Tl (simulation computer/video game)
• Template:Tl (sports computer/video game)
• Template:Tl (strategy or puzzle computer/video game)

Or for stubs by company, use:

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Other stub types include:

• Template:Tl (computer/video game corporation or company)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game culture)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game designer or specialist)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game musician)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game character)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game fictional element)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game website)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game hardware element, such as an arcade board or a gamepad)
• Template:Tl (computer/video game software element, such as a 3d engine or a gameplay editor)

Our daughter projects have also created the Template:Tl (Pokémon), Template:Tl, and Template:Tl templates. These will also put articles into the corresponding stub categories.