Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Inactive project cleanup

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This WikiProject Video games inactive project cleanup task force is an attempt to clean up the WikiProject space of video game-related WikiProjects. There are two criteria that this task force is looking to assure:

• WikiProjects with no active participation
• WikiProjects that may have active participation, but are likely to be better as a task force of WikiProject Video games due to a narrow scope.

In both cases, the indicated WikiProjects, should they meet the criteria, will suffer one of three fates: deletion at Miscellany for Deletion, redirection, or become a task force of WikiProject Video games.

Reasoning

The concept of this cleanup was introduced in this discussion thread, and several existing video game-related WikiProjects were pointed out as being either inactive, or having too narrow a scope. Assigning these as task forces helps to encourage participation from all members of the WikiProject Video games community, as well as to have a better concentration of resources for developing video game articles.

Method

The task force will perform the following steps.

1. In all video game related projects, we will leave a message (shown below) describing this task force, and leaving the option of either moving that WikiProject over to WikiProject Video games to the users of that WikiProject. Notified WikiProjects will be tracked on this page.
2. Members of that WikiProject will be given time to discussion and respond to this proposal - this should reflect the consensus of the project.
3. After a month from the notification, each WikiProject will be revisited again:
   1. If there is no response at all to the message, it will be assumed that the WikiProject is inactive, and it will be moved into WikiProject Video games as a task force.
   2. If there is consensus to move the project as a task force, then this will be done as well (A project is free to do this step themselves if there is consensus for this.)
   3. If there is no consensus, or a consensus to retain the project as a standalone WikiProject, then no move will be performed.

The following notice will be used to inform others of this project's activities.

WikiProject Video games is looking to clean up both inactive and limited-scope WikiProjects dealing with video games and move these into task forces of WikiProject Video games, as outlined at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Inactive project cleanup. This message is being posted to this project to first see if this project is currently active, and if there is consensus to move this project into a task force. We ask that if this project is still active, that you determine as a project if this project should remain separate from WikiProject Video games, and let us know your intentions. Please let us know within the month; those projects that do not respond within that time will be assumed to be inactive and will be cleaned up automatically. This is not a mandatory process; we will not attempt to do anything to your project if there is no consensus or consensus against moving it. However, we do urge you to consider if your project needs to remain separate from WikiProject Video games. Please let us know if you have any questions on this.

An easy to copy and paste version of the above text:

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games|WikiProject Video games]] is looking to clean up both inactive and limited-scope WikiProjects dealing with video games and move these into task forces of WikiProject Video games, as outlined at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Inactive project cleanup]].  This message is being posted to this project to first see if this project is currently active, and if there is consensus to move this project into a task force.  We ask that if this project is still active, that you determine as a project if this project should remain separate from WikiProject Video games, and let us know your intentions.  Please let us know within the month; those projects that do not respond within that time will be assumed to be inactive and will be cleaned up automatically.  This is '''not''' a mandatory process; we will not attempt to do anything to your project if there is no consensus or consensus against moving it.  However, we do urge you to consider if your project needs to remain separate from WikiProject Video games.  Please let us know if you have any questions on this.

Activity chart

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Traffic statistics

Note that the thickness of each band is the important information in these charts—not the height above the baseline. I.e. thicker bands reflect a greater number of page views.

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  Sister project page views per day.

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  Task force page views per day.

Cleanup log

Completed

Date	Action	Old Page	New Page	Notes	Logs
2012-02-23	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Destroy All Humans!	n/a	Inactive task force	MfD
2012-02-23	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Suikoden	n/a (talk archive)	Inactive task force, boldly redirected
2012-02-16	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Adventure games	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Adventure games	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2011-06-15	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Age of Empires	n/a (talk archive)	Inactive project, boldly redirected.	MfD
2011-06-03	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Tycoon games	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2011-06-02	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Koei Warriors Games	n/a	Inactive project.	MfD
2011-04-29	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Crytek	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2011-04-10	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Characters	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2011-02-03	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Strategy games	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Strategy	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2011-02-03	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject PlayStation	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/PlayStation	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2009-11-13	Delete	WikiProject Video games/Metal Gear	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2009-11-13	Delete	WikiProject Video games/Super Monkey Ball task force	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2009-06-21	Move	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Animal Crossing	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Archive Animal Crossing	Talk page archived to new location.
2009-06-21	Undelete	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject TimeSplitters	n/a	Contested deletion.	Deletion review
2009-06-21	Move	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject TimeSplitters	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Archive TimeSplitters	Talk page archived to new location.	Deletion review
2009-06-17	Undelete	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Animal Crossing	n/a	Contested deletion.	Deletion review
2009-06-11	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Crytek UK	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Crytek	Change to task force under WP:VG. Scope broadened to cover all of Crytek.	Discussion 1 and discussion 2
2009-05-26	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Phoenix Wright	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2009-05-20	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Kingdom Hearts	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2009-04-17	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Final Fantasy	Wikipedia:WikiProject Square Enix (Talk archive)	Inactive project.	Edit log
2009-04-15	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Super Smash Bros.	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Nintendo (Talk archive)	Inactive task force.	Edit log
2009-03-22	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Phoenix Wright	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Phoenix Wright	Change to task force under WP:VG. Later deleted (see below).	MfD
2009-03-14	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sonic	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sega (Talk archive)	Inactive task force.	Edit log, Discussion
2009-03-12	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Elder Scrolls	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/The Elder Scrolls	Change to task force under WP:VG.	Discussion
2009-01-13	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/Series	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2009-01-07	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft/Community	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Warcraft/Community	Tagged as historical.
2009-01-07	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft/Award userbox	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Warcraft/Award userbox
2009-01-07	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft/Index	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Warcraft/Index	Tagged as historical.
2009-01-07	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft/Participants	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games members	Later redirected again to Category:WikiProject Video games members.
2008-12-20	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Myst task force	n/a	Inactive task force.	Deletion log
2008-12-13	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Myst	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Myst task force	Change to task force under WP:VG. Later deleted (see below).	MfD
2008-12-09	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports video games	n/a	Inactive project.	MfD
2008-11-24	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Sims	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/The Sims	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2008-11-10	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Sega/Sonic	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sonic	Change to task force under WP:VG. Left over redirects have mostly been deleted. See RfD.
2008-11-03	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Test Drive	n/a	Subpages deleted as well.	MfD
2008-10-29	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Pro Gaming	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Pro gaming	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2008-10-27	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Mortal Kombat	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Mortal Kombat	Change to task force under WP:VG. Most subpages moved as well.
2008-09-29	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Kingdom Hearts	n/a	Redundant as per existing task force.	MfD
2008-09-17	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Castlevania	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Castlevania	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2008-09-15	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/WikiForce Megaman List of Members	n/a	Member list page deleted.	MfD
2008-09-15	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/Kirby	n/a (Talk archive)	Inactive task force.	MfD
2008-09-13	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Faction	n/a	Inactive project.	MfD
2008-09-03	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Nintendo	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2008-09-03	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/WikiForce Megaman	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Mega Man	Move under WP:VG.
2008-09-03	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/WikiForce SmashBros	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Super Smash Bros.	Move under WP:VG.
2008-08-30	Speedy delete	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Animal Crossing	n/a (Talk archive)	"Useless" talk page?	Deletion log
2008-07-22	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Arcade_games	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Arcade	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2008-07-16	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Indie Game Developers	n/a	Inactive project.	MfD
2008-07-11	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Tales of	n/a	Inactive project.	MfD
2008-06-22	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Dynasty Warriors	n/a	Inactive project.	MfD
2008-06-16	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games	WP:VG (Talk archive)	Inactive project.	MfD
2008-06-16	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games/MU*	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/MU*	Move under WP:VG.
2008-06-16	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games/Neopets	n/a (Talk archive)	Inactive task force.	Deletion log
2008-06-16	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games/RuneScape	n/a (Talk archive)	Inactive task force.	Deletion log
2008-06-05	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games/Guild Wars	n/a	Inactive task force.	MfD
2008-05-15	Redirect	Wikipedia:WikiProject Dragon Quest	WP:VG (Talk archive)	Inactive project. Later redirected again to Wikipedia:WikiProject Square Enix.	MfD
2008-04-26	Delete	Wikipedia:WikiProject TimeSplitters	n/a (Talk archive)	Inactive project.	MfD
2008-04-20	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject StarCraft	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/StarCraft	Change to task force under WP:VG.
2008-04-18	Move	Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft	Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Warcraft	Miscellaneous pages cleaned up, later (see below). Two old redirects deleted and others tagged as historical.	MfD

New subpages report

This report shows subpages of Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games, chronologically sorted by creation date from newest to oldest. It is useful for detecting new task forces that may have been created without discussion.

First-level subpages of Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games; data as of 21:15, 19 March 2012 (UTC).

No.	Page	First edit
1	WikiProject_Video_games/Adventure_games	20120212162030
2	WikiProject_Video_games/Reviewing_old_FAs	20111221015401
3	WikiProject_Video_games/Reviewing_pre-2008_FAs	20111212232950
4	WikiProject_Video_games/Collaboration_of_the_week	20110727183047
5	WikiProject_Video_games/Video_games_by_Metascore	20110326000038
6	WikiProject_Video_games/RfC_on_video_game_console_grouping	20110129062905
7	WikiProject_Video_games/Indie	20101224002756
8	WikiProject_Video_games/Good_articles	20101216185730
9	WikiProject_Video_games/Featured_articles	20101216185307
10	WikiProject_Video_games/MU*	20100423121501
11	WikiProject_Video_games/Unreferenced_BLPs	20100415001050
12	WikiProject_Video_games/Retro_games	20091217181340
13	WikiProject_Video_games/Character_lists	20091210023829
14	WikiProject_Video_games/Red_Faction_task_force	20090915133211
15	WikiProject_Video_games/Red_Faction	20090915020732
16	WikiProject_Video_games/Members	20090914203317
17	WikiProject_Video_games/Soul	20090909195500
18	WikiProject_Video_games/Atlus	20090826024226
19	WikiProject_Video_games/Ultima	20090816210407
20	WikiProject_Video_games/Popular_pages	20090707183654
21	WikiProject_Video_games/Magazines	20090617115153
22	WikiProject_Video_games/BioWare	20090609165553
23	WikiProject_Video_games/Template_Project	20090605161501
24	WikiProject_Video_games/D&D	20090419135732
25	WikiProject_Video_games/id_software	20090409195645
26	WikiProject_Video_games/id_Software	20090409172930
27	WikiProject_Video_games/Navigation	20090409172733
28	WikiProject_Video_games/Video_Game_Images	20090126200755
29	WikiProject_Video_games/Project_statistics_charts	20090126195022
30	WikiProject_Video_games/Article_statistics	20090121134830
31	WikiProject_Video_games/Archive_topics	20081211011733
32	WikiProject_Video_games/archive_topics	20081210205536
33	WikiProject_Video_games/to_do	20081204001953
34	WikiProject_Video_games/Dragon_Quest	20081121164413
35	WikiProject_Video_games/Article_alerts	20080919052637
36	WikiProject_Video_games/Wikipedia_0.7_workshop	20080917155207
37	WikiProject_Video_games/Requests_for_assessment	20080801171308
38	WikiProject_Video_games/Mega_Man	20080801050542
39	WikiProject_Video_games/Valve	20080520104633
40	WikiProject_Video_games/Sonic	20080505020458
41	WikiProject_Video_games/Gears_of_War	20080428063437
42	WikiProject_Video_games/StarCraft	20080420144503
43	WikiProject_Video_games/Warcraft	20080418232632
44	WikiProject_Video_games/The_Sims	20080412194910
45	WikiProject_Video_games/Traffic_statistics	20080403115652
46	WikiProject_Video_games/1UP_Reference_Update_Task_Force	20080307195828
47	WikiProject_Video_games/Newsletter	20080229141604
48	WikiProject_Video_games/Inactive_project_cleanup	20080130214734
49	WikiProject_Video_games/Sega	20080127012155
50	WikiProject_Video_games/Super_Smash_Bros.	20080101011133
51	WikiProject_Video_games/Advert	20071215110814
52	WikiProject_Video_games/Cleanup	20071112201809
53	WikiProject_Video_games/Atari	20071025214742
54	WikiProject_Video_games/Insomniac	20071017203149
55	WikiProject_Video_games/Sources	20070922141128
56	WikiProject_Video_games/Manual_of_Style	20070806120657
57	WikiProject_Video_games/Suikoden	20070705023618
58	WikiProject_Video_games/Castlevania	20070525233409
59	WikiProject_Video_games/MUD	20070519164220
60	WikiProject_Video_games/Command_&_Conquer	20070424124744
61	WikiProject_Video_games/Grand_Theft_Auto	20070421110707
62	WikiProject_Video_games/Silent_Hill_task_force	20070418194246
63	WikiProject_Video_games/Silent_Hill	20070418150653
64	WikiProject_Video_games/PlayStation	20070414010954
65	WikiProject_Video_games/Devil_May_Cry	20070326231201
66	WikiProject_Video_games/Video_Game_Images_Task_Force	20070325025259
67	WikiProject_Video_games/Video_game_images	20070325020414
68	WikiProject_Video_games/Pro_gaming	20070115040505
69	WikiProject_Video_games/Visual_novels	20070110225331
70	WikiProject_Video_games/Assessment	20070106063057
71	WikiProject_Video_games/Templates	20070105015124
72	WikiProject_Video_games/Good_content	20070104163849
73	WikiProject_Video_games/Article_guidelines	20061229195347
74	WikiProject_Video_games/Game_Guidelines	20061228163559
75	WikiProject_Video_games/Strategy	20061201131944
76	WikiProject_Video_games/Navboxes	20061024132917
77	WikiProject_Video_games/Award_userbox	20060928061813
78	WikiProject_Video_games/Sidebar	20060925203200
79	WikiProject_Video_games/Related_WikiProjects	20060923090609
80	WikiProject_Video_games/Reference_library	20060828200809
81	WikiProject_Video_games/Image_tags	20060808234750
82	WikiProject_Video_games/External_link_templates	20060807000638
83	WikiProject_Video_games/New_article_announcements	20060731194957
84	WikiProject_Video_games/Deletion	20060523005711
85	WikiProject_Video_games/Nintendo	20060410225344
86	WikiProject_Video_games/The_Elder_Scrolls	20060410042858
87	WikiProject_Video_games/Requests	20060404011014
88	WikiProject_Video_games/Workshop	20060208184110
89	WikiProject_Video_games/Mortal_Kombat	20060206063827
90	WikiProject_Video_games/Essential_articles	20051030114047
91	WikiProject_Video_games/Noticeboard	20051029024111
92	WikiProject_Video_games/Improvement_drive	20050808011503
93	WikiProject_Video_games/Peer_review	20050629193439
94	WikiProject_Video_games/Featured_content	20041114122117
95	WikiProject_Video_games/Collaboration_of_the_month	20041004213947
96	WikiProject_Video_games/Arcade	20040810170020

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Games