CZ Talk:Games Workgroup

Dividing the subject

The main Games article contains a list of type of games. Do you think this list is a good way to divide the subject? - Peter Blake 17:01, 20 November 2006 (CST)

• Probably not, as Ball games (for example) really is a Sports article. - Peter Blake 18:00, 20 November 2006 (CST)

• Chess has a sport status as well. --Roberto Cruz 11:39, 26 January 2007 (CST)

It sounds like there needs to be a hard distinction between [i]games[/i] and [i]sports[/i]. Please elaborate if you disagree, but I believe that the primary difference is that a game is any type of contest whereas sports involve some contest of physical skill. This can become blurred, as described above with chess, because some people feel that a sport is anything that generates a fan base. By this, definition, however, both politics and religion become sports, and you wind up including the vast majority of human interaction under that shell. We probably shouldn't go there. There are also game "purists" who feel that a game is isolated to those things whose mental component isn't expressed through physical performance.

I'd like to propose we go with a definition of "game" as any formalized contest with rules that specify victory conditions and allowed methods of competition. I'd further like to propose that we refer to "sport" as an game for which the primary competition is a physical one. Robert Rapplean 12:00, 30 April 2007 (CDT)

Topics

I've been tagging some articles in areas I know a little about. The following topics seem to have enough pages to justify their own sub-workgroups:

• Chess
• Collectible card games
• Computer and video games (will have significant overlap with other workgroups r.e. computer versions of other game types)
• Role-playing games

I'll add to this list as I get a better feel for what's out there. - Peter Blake 18:10, 20 November 2006 (CST)

I've been working extensively at the Wikipedia version of Personal computer game, so I'll probably spend some time on that. It's a fairly specific article, but given it's current shape I'd appreciate some help with it -- there's a lot of work still to be done on it. David Still 16:22, 21 November 2006 (CST)

Tags in article from Wikipedia

Could you guys help me please? How can I put "The article below may contain errors of fact, bias, grammar, etc." and "This article was originally based on, and may contain material from, the Wikipedia entry with this title." tags in Aron Nimzowitsch article? --Roberto Cruz 08:03, 2 February 2007 (CST)

Metal Gear Solid Plot Summary

Hi, I created the article Metal Gear Solid. I've recently re-done the plot summary, and compared it to Gear Solid the one at Wikipedia. Over there, they've referenced everything that happened in the game, quoting from the game itself. Do you think that this would be necessary here? I don't think that I have the time to find what they say throughout the game, thus I could only get them by copying them from the article on Wikipedia. Even this would be difficult, as my summary is longer than the one there. Could I ask for someone's opinion as to how I should reference it? Thanks, Oliver Smith 16:22, 7 April 2007 (CDT)