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My own comments: The categories will probably eventually become the primary means of finding games. Although this does make dual titles problematic, for instance, "Star Fox" is known as "Star Wing" in some countries. "Star Fox 64" is also known by the much different title "Lylat Wars". If people want to find a game by an alternate title, then redirects would also have to have the same categories. That's too hard to maintain; adding a category to a game description involves adding it to all the redirects. I'm not sure yet what would be a good solution to this problem. Also, the main reason we have these lists now is to give ourselves ideas where to expand. For instance, many games on the SNES list don't have pages yet but if I were to go around adding pages I would probably add pages for those games first. I understand other users may have no interest whatever in those games and either ignore the lists or just add their own items to it; that is fine. I think it might be best to keep the status quo for now, but I'm biased since I created it in the first place... I do support the formalization and organization of categories, though. I'm all for that. - furrykef (Talk at me) 02:18, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, this is a very minor problem. Those looking to find games under a particular name can search for it.  Categories are more for "browsing" and finding related and similar games than for finding particular games. --Gherald 05:22, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I recommend creating a stub for each game currently on these lists that contains the  among other things such as a brief one line description or links to relevant external sites, etc.  Then, on e.g. the PS2 article page, link to Category:PS2 as being the "list of PS2 games" or whatnot.
 * Is it ok if I start implementing the above, then, and link to this a being a major project (do you have a central TODO list somewhere?)  NB: I don't know how active I plan to be on this wiki; I'm mostly offering organizational advice for now. --Gherald 05:22, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)

The closest thing I have to a to-do list is here: Project:Wiki tasks. Go ahead and implement your organization scheme but I'd still like to keep the lists for now. It makes it easier for me to add pages en masse when I'm in the mood to do so. - furrykef (Talk at me) 21:14, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)

FPS
Should an FPS category be called something like "First Person Shooter Games" or "First Person Shooters"? I'd like to know before I create the category.--Drizzt 03:32, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * FPS is fine. The page Category:FPS can say "This is a category for First Person Shooter games".  I would suggest CFPS for computers, but I guess that's not exactly as common of a term as CRPG.  Maybe "Computer FPS" --Gherald 05:22, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Gameboy
Just wondering, should all Gameboy (from the original) to the advance be considered one category?--Drizzt
 * If you feel it is necessary, you could create Category:Gameboy Original, Category:Gameboy Advance, et. al. as subcategories to Category:Gameboy (which itself would be a subcategory to Category:Nintendo, etc.) But Category:Gameboy may suffice.  I'm not particularly fond of Category:GB/GBA... it's awkward and doesn't really have any advantages over Category:Gameboy --Gherald 12:04, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * That's true, I think one for each gameboy would be more fitting, now that I think on it.--Drizzt 17:17, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Unix or Unix games
I created Category:Unix games because Category:Mac games already existed, while Category:Mac did not. If I or someone moves everything to Category:Unix, would Category:Unix games be deleted somehow? --Kernigh 20:50, 20 Nov 2005 (UTC)


 * That's no problem. It would simply become a redirect (e.g. #REDIRECT ) making all old references automatically point to the new name. Garrett 21:35, 30 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Definition of RPGs?
One major factor with RPGs is whether they are turn-based (e.g. Final Fantasy) or real-time (e.g. Dungeon Siege) and I think using cats to identify the play style would be very useful. I'm not sure what to name them though... Garrett 21:35, 30 Nov 2005 (UTC)