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Cobra (game engine) (4 participants)
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Rayman: The Animated Series (5 participants)
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Q2 2020

The second quarter has just started, and I already came up with an idea for a feature. My idea will be on the Request board, its history and how people can take part in it to lower the requests on the page. How does that sound? GamerPro64 06:17, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it's a good idea. «“I'm Aya Syameimaru!”I„文々。新聞“I„userbako”» 19:55, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just added in my first DYK Monster Truck Madness into the list of DYKs for this quarter. «“I'm Aya Syameimaru!”I„文々。新聞“I„userbako”» 08:46, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Now I added the new GAs Sea of Thieves and Monster Truck Madness to the promoted GAs list, the latter of two was an article I authored. «“I'm Aya Syameimaru!”I„文々。新聞“I„userbako”» 08:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I wish that Request board feature was made soon, it could be easy to write a short feature about it. «ias!|,,.|^usbk» 05:38, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? GamerPro64 14:58, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I meant it's possible to do a short feature about the Request board. The feature should be quickly made before the deadline. I«ias!|,,.|usbk»I 15:32, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to write something up go ahead. GamerPro64 15:58, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, perhaps I'll make a feature about my 1st GA&DYK Monster Truck Madness. I«ias!|,,.|usbk»I 16:00, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think promoting yourself for the newsletter might be too much. GamerPro64 16:33, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, then well the Request board feature will happen then. I«ias!|,,.|usbk»I 16:44, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here it is!: User:I'm Aya Syameimaru!/requestsboard «Iias!:,,.:usbkI» 22:26, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I finished the Request board feature, so now we could desire an interview to be made for this issue. «Iias!:postbox:,,.I» 23:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I already got JoeBro64 on the docket to interview this month. Also @Thibbs: if you want to copyedit the feature you can. GamerPro64 02:04, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I'll take another look this weekend. I read it previously and it seems like good stuff. The only thing I noticed right away was that it might be worth linking WP:VG Newsletter 3rd Quarter 2010's Feature (Vol.3, No.2) seeing as we have briefly covered this topic in the past. It was probably time to update a bit given that it's been nearly a decade since the last time we addressed the topic. -Thibbs (talk) 00:19, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I linked it like this:

For more information about the request board,

see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/20101022/Feature]].

«Iias!:post□:,,.I» 00:47, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is so nicely prepared I think, that everything's being put together well. «Iias!:post□:,,.I» 03:08, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is the newsletter good to be released yet? GamerPro64 05:08, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is, just let Thibbs copyedit my Request board feature and then it'll be out. I~~^,,_.~~iasO 05:51, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah the newsletter is due to be published this Sunday the 5th. I read the draft feature and I didn't see anything immediately problematic. If there's anyhting I've missed, please jump in. As I figure it, the only thing we're really still waiting for is the June 2020 New Article Announcements. In fact really only the last 2-3 days... PresN has taken over the job of reporting NAAs from Salavat as of 2018 which is when we had stopped publishing for a year so the NAA pace is a little different than previously. For the third month of the quarter I basically wait until the last day before publishing and then I just grab what has been reported so far and post it. Corrections (i.e. NAAs that were posted after the publication of the quarterly newsletter) can be made in the next quarter's newsletter. There is such a correction in this quarter, for example. Whatever happens, I'm commited to releasing the newsletter this Sunday. -Thibbs (talk) 00:44, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I put "200+" in the "NAA" section for now. I~~^,,_.~~iasO 06:51, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll just say 155. ias:postb□x

@GamerPro64: It's July 5 UTC. All of the newsletter parts have been tagged and bagged. Ready for delivery. -Thibbs (talk) 03:03, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. GamerPro64 03:23, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-ad for this newsletter:


Wikipedia ads	file info – #274

Iias!:,,.:yyI 03:13, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Way over-animated for no apparent reason and hard to read imo. This is the kind of ad I would add to my adblock filter.--Alexandra^IDV 03:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps I went way too far. Iias!:,,.:yyI 03:19, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just letting you guys know

The Chinese WikiProject Video games Newsletter has published since 2020 for two Qs, and is going forward to the third one. The ENWPVG Newsletter's an absolute treasure, and the huge amount of past content really helped a lot in the publishing process of ZHWPVG's Newsletter project. Thanks! Allow me to pay greatest tribute to all of you. BTW, the topic this quarter is about the Barnstars of VG related topics. —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 02:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think our newsletter here should talk about barnstars, too. Iias!:postb□xI 03:21, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We did in 2009. GamerPro64 03:32, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So we did it already. Iias!:postb□xI 12:15, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah it was covered briefly here in 2009. I'm Aya Syameimaru!, you could probably expand on it in a future feature if you wanted, but I'd at least give a shout-out to the earlier article too. -Thibbs (talk) 22:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. It’s that 2009 feature that inspires me choose VG Barnstars as the main topic of ZHWPVGNEWS this quarter, since things has progressed a lot since then. —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 23:53, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your encouraging words, Ericliu1912! We are tracking the Chinese WikiProject Video games Newsletter in our "Other related newsletters" section and I think we should add a notice to the "News and Announcements" section of our upcoming newsletter. The topic you're featuring this quarter looks really quite interesting! -Thibbs (talk) 22:08, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Q3 2020

New quarter means new section so lets start brainstorming. GamerPro64 03:24, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to see a feature that talks about "Templates in articles", sounds cool I think. ias:postb□x 07:57, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I also want KGRAMR to be interviewed. ias:postb□x 08:12, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@I'm Aya Syameimaru!: Well there 'ya go! https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/roberth-anthony-martinez-rivero/

Thanks KGRAMR for making me think you're interviewed already. I guess we'll have to interview another user then. ias:postb□x 13:54, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Now I think that Thibbs should be interviewed. ias:postb□x 14:01, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not opposed to being interviewed, but it might be best to save me off as a last resort in case a future interview falls through or in case we're unable to find another interviewee. KGRAMR sounded like a good option for this quarter to me. KGRAMR, would you be up for an interview from the WP:VG Newsletter? -Thibbs (talk) 00:54, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Thibbs:Oh well, i guess it doesn't hurt me being interviewed once again XD... Roberth Martinez (talk) 00:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! I'm Aya Syameimaru!, were you volunteering to conduct the interview with Roberth? If not, I could do it. -Thibbs (talk) 01:01, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I guess Thibbs will have to interview KGRAMR, which was what I expected. ias:postb□x 06:48, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So anyone's doing the feature yet? ias:postb□x 14:34, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's almost a month since this section was created, and the feature needs to be completed. I've got one question: Any progress on the "Templates in articles" feature? -ias postb□x+ 07:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if anyone else volunteered for it yet. I think I'd be comfortable if you wanted to tackle the topic though, I'm Aya Syameimaru!. Also just to confirm, I still do intend to interview KGRAMR. I will try to get it out at some point in August to allow him adequate response time. The next newsletter is due on Oct 4. -Thibbs (talk) 01:55, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good, perhaps I'll consider. -ias postb□x+ 04:50, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm now working on the "Templates in Articles" feature, it's just started today. -ias postb□x+ 15:03, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's finished: User:I'm Aya Syameimaru!/atiga -ias postb□x+ 22:19, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Currently, it's around 1 month before this newsletter issue goes published, any progress? -ias postb□x+ 05:36, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think we're looking good so far. KGRAMR and I are working together to complete the interview and I intend to make updates for August in the draft this weekend. NAAs are still hung up a bit for now, but I expect them to come through Monday the 7th or 8th. -Thibbs (talk) 01:46, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It indeed looks good so far. -ias postb□x+ 18:19, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The newsletter is almost finished! -ias postb□x+ 22:39, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Finally it is complete at 100%! Ready to ship. «=-ias postb□x+=» 23:15, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It's slated to be released tomorrow (Oct 4). -Thibbs (talk) 23:59, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, a couple hours to go. «=-ias postb□x+=» 00:53, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's already past 03:00 UTC so it's time for publication. «=-ias postb□x+=» 04:03, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I did the publication process myself. «=-ias postb□x+=» 04:19, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've tended to wait until at least 12:00 UTC on the publication day to give some time for the final update for the last month's NAAs (this time September), but right now it's past 12:00 and there has been no update so we'll have to do another correction next quarter for Sept 27-30. Thanks again for your help, I'm Aya Syameimaru!! -Thibbs (talk) 12:43, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GamerPro64, it looks like we're good to go. -Thibbs (talk) 12:43, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get to it later. GamerPro64 14:34, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The quality content section looks incomplete. GamerPro64 22:56, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah I think you're right. I must admit I've never updated the count for Featured and Good content. Is it just a matter of sifting through JL-Bot's changes here? -Thibbs (talk) 13:50, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah Ive done that before. GamerPro64 01:50, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. «=-ias postb□x+=» 04:29, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you say you're welcome? Is the quality content section complete or not? GamerPro64 14:58, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I said you're welcome as a response to Thibbs' "Thanks again for your help, I'm Aya Syameimaru!!". I now have completed the quality content section, so yes it is complete just recently. «=-ias postb□x+=» 00:39, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I sent the issue. Im taking the next quarter off. GamerPro64 02:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks GP64. Sorry I couldn't get to the quality content. This will probably be a busy quarter for me too. The end of the year is always crazy. -Thibbs (talk) 02:26, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Q4 2020

I have an idea for this issue. The feature should be a Good Content Leaderboard, because it's been over 3 years since the last time we had one, which was a Featured Content Leaderboard. I think TarkusAB should be interviewed. «=-ias postb□x+=» 07:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Both of these sound good to me. -Thibbs (talk) 12:48, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Since it is November 4-5, any progress thus far? «=-ias postb□x+=» 04:46, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I recently updated the "On the Main Page" and "New Articles" sections for October. How are the feature and interview going? Have you approached TarkusAB about the interview yet? -Thibbs (talk) 01:18, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer that you do the feature and interview, I expected you to. Then the progress should appear. «=-ias postb□x+=» 02:06, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I think you misunderstood what I said earlier. I was (and am) endorsing your suggestions for feature and interview. But I certainly wasn't intending to take over either of your projects. I thought you were asking if it would be OK if you wrote the feature and the interview, and that seems fine, but I was expecting that you would be the one to complete your own suggestions. Are you too busy this quarter? I could probably help out by interviewing TarkusAB if you'd like but I don't want to bother him if you've already asked him. Have you spoken to TarkusAB about the interview? And then I'd love to see a Good Content Leaderboard article if you have the time and inclination to complete it. -Thibbs (talk) 13:57, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, here's a deal, how about we both collaborate on the feature and the interview. «=-ias postb□x+=» 20:53, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here three questions I made for TarkusAB: [[1]]. I also have some stats I made for the foundation of the feature: [[2]]. «=-ias postb□x+=» 21:12, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I looked over what you started. I'm happy to help you, but I think a better place to work together would be here. So I've copied your work over there for now.
1) I think the idea of a collaborative interview is kind of fun and I think it works best if we list our names like they do in IwataAsks interviews. I've added a few of the most traditional WP:VG Newsletter questions for now too. But before we go any further with this, I think you need to give an answer to the question I have asked twice now: Have you contacted TarkusAB yet? If you have not done that yet then we need to do so rather than just expect it. Some people are not interested in being interviewed and there's no point in writing up a set of questions if the subject wishes not to be be interviewed. If you have already asked TarkusAB and you have not received a response then we should wait before continuing. If you have not yet asked then I would be happy to ask for you, but I would like to know if you have already asked TarkusAB? Have you done that yet?
2) As far as the leaderboard is concerned, I'm curious about your methodology. How are you coming up with your results? Are you working from WP:VG/GA?
-Thibbs (talk) 14:17, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I've made new section in TarkusAB's talkpage telling him that we'll interview him. It's shaping to be a good interview. For the feature, I think we should look at who nominated the past and current GANs, we have a list of GAs here. Any revision on a GA's talk page where someone inserts a template that says "this article's currently a good article nominee" or something. Some user pages can tell you how many GAs a user has (for example: ProtoDrake). I sometimes edit the WP:VG/GA page. «=-ias postb□x+=» 00:22, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I still think asking is better than surprising people, but it sounds like TarkusAB is willing to take the assignment so I guess we're good to proceed on that. As far as the list of GAs we may have to come up with a more systematic method to identify GAs rather than just hoping for self-reporting editors. I think the main issue is that multiple editors could plausibly claim the same GA for nominating, co-nominating, promoting, writing the majority of the article, and even just creating the article in the first place. That would skew the results. You can see some of my thoughts on that issue as well as issues like counting former versus current high-quality entries here. For the purpose of comparing this list to the FA list published by the newsletter in 2017, I think we should adopt the same rules: i.e. to consider former good content alongside currently good content, and to list all noms and co-noms while ignoring promoter(s) and others. So rather than relying on self-reporting we would rely on "GA nominee" templates perhaps. We'll have to come up with a systematic way of counting stats and this may be a considerably larger task than dealing with the FAs as there are many times more GAs than FAs. I will think about it some more, but I'd welcome your thoughts too. -Thibbs (talk) 14:02, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The interview is going to be decent. Yeah, I think both of our methods can work in the feature. Asking more editors for assistance on the feature is acceptable, and we can look through all the databases of Video game-related GAs for stats. «=-ias postb□x+=» 22:52, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. It would be best if we could make the two methods work in concert. I can't really see how, but if you can think of something let us know. From a basic back-of-the-envelope calculation I guess this may take about 4-5x as long as it took to get the FA list working. This is a pretty good challenge and we will need some solid effort to pull it off. -Thibbs (talk) 19:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What's the progress on archived discussions/ongoing discussions? There have been a couple recently that had pretty lengthy discussions. I just want to pitch whatever way I can. Le Panini ^Talk 11:51, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know there hasn't been any work on the digest portion of the newsletter this quarter. It would be great to have some help in that area. The draft of the digest can be found here. For reference, previous digest entries have taken a form like this (from User:Torchiest) and recently re-initiated by User:I'm Aya Syameimaru!. -Thibbs (talk) 02:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thibbs, Then if you wouldn't mind, I'm gonna fill this section with lengthy talk page discussions. Le Panini ^Talk 03:02, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've filled in four discussions so far; 3 archived and 1 ongoing. Le Panini ^Talk 03:46, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job handling the digest section like I did. «=-ias postb□x+=» 05:47, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Aya Syameimaru!, I'm following an unbiased matter like Torchiest did, yet having a lighthearted tone like you do. Le Panini ^Talk 10:55, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What about the feature? Has there been a decision on that yet?

I would also suggest when it comes to the interview, asking questions more personal to their time on Wikipedia. It feels like some of the questions are just generic templates. Some examples:

You claimed to have retired in December 2019, but returned in August 2020. What drew you back?

Is there a reason for what images you display on your user page?

Your most amount of contributions on the main page come from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft. Why is that?

Why was your only draft, the "Characters in the Super Smash Bros. series", deleted? Were you the one that did so?

Additionally, numerous articles that appeared in your sandbox were deleted as well. Was it a lack of commitment?

Why did you create the article For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)?

Le Panini ^Talk 16:03, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the feature: I'm Aya Syameimaru! had an idea that he wanted to work on a Good Content Leaderboard. Presumably this would follow the same style as our previous New Article Leaderboard (4th quarter of 2016) and Featured Content Leaderboard (2nd quarter of 2017). I'm Aya Syameimaru! has made a start of this feature here (more recently shifted to here. I'm Aya Syameimaru! said above that he expected me to help him with his idea. I can try to help, but unfortunately our methodologies seem to be orthogonal to each other. I'm Aya Syameimaru! is hoping to construct a table from self-reported GAs from user talkpages and I was thinking about using purely WP:VG/GA lists which would take a long time to search out. We've been trying to think of a good way to combine the effort so we're both collaborating. You can see our discussions above in this thread. Le Panini do you have any thoughts on that plan? Do you think this plan will work? Or do you have an alternative plan for the feature? -Thibbs (talk) 16:00, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thibbs, It seems like a very complicated task. I'm not concerned about how its gonna be tracked, just if it is simple and possible. If so, then go ahead!

For who should be credited for the GA nomination, it should just be the nominator. More often, the article is picked up by a user who change it drastically, and while other users might have been editing it in the past, it could have majorly changed by the user in the process (see Super Mario Bros. 35 for example; it was a stub before I picked it up). It shouldn't go into detail about co-nominators and all that. Le Panini ^Talk 17:46, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not certain it's possible... I'm guessing I'm Aya Syameimaru! may have a better idea about how to complete this project, but if not then we can shelve it for now and proceed with another plan. And yes, nominators would seem to be key for me too. I'd be inclined to allow co-noms too, but the other possible participants should probably not be used. -Thibbs (talk) 18:10, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can see the decisions I made for the FA table in my first paragraph here. -Thibbs (talk) 18:13, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thibbs, If we are to shelve it, Good/Featured topics seem to be a hot topic right now, and the feature could be about that. Ooh, or a feature about the "20% of article c or higher" achievement being accomplished! Maybe something about the discussion in there too? But don't give up on the GA idea yet. Le Panini ^Talk 02:28, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the interview: In general I tend to agree that personal questions are better than template-like questions, but there is some amount of tradition involved here too. As I'm Aya Syameimaru! put it earlier, the ones that I have added into the queue have so-far been entirely "traditional" whereas I'm Aya Syameimaru!'s have been "unusual" questions. My rationale for asking traditional ones is because I think it's good to have a few basic questions that are common to all of our interviews. I think it is interesting to compare old interviews and to see what answers the different interviewees give to the game questions. But I do agree that there should be a good number of individualized questions as well. In my interviews I have tried to devote 2/3 to the traditional questions and 1/3 to individualized questions. Another quasi-tradition is to use between 5 and 15 questions for the interviewee. I added a 16th question this time because it's an even number and because as with the feature, I'm Aya Syameimaru! asked for help to collaborate for the interview so that way we'd both have 8 questions. But I'm not sure if the traditional 15 questions max is important. I mean we don't want to overwhelm an interviewee but certainly there is also no obligation for the interviewee to answer all questions. Unanswered questions can simply be removed from the interview. Did you want to join us in these questions, Le Panini? Feel free if you'd like. The interview queue is available here. -Thibbs (talk) 17:09, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thibbs, I would like to, but it seems you've already organized the amount of questions you both are asking equally. If you'd like to use my questions, you can put them in and just replace either of your two slots. Le Panini ^Talk 17:34, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Le Panini or we could just add them. There's no reason that there should be a max of 15 or 16. I think we could add all of your questions in as well. What do you think, I'm Aya Syameimaru!? Would that be OK with you too? -Thibbs (talk) 18:03, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I think Le Panini's questions should be added to the interview. «=-ias postb□x+=» 10:36, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Aya Syameimaru! Thibbs and I were skeptical on if creating a GA leaderboard was possible. Do you have a simple way of tracking edits, or would you have to brute force it and create it from scratch? Le Panini ^Talk 10:56, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, it must done easy and quick. It's high-priority because it's possible to finish the feature before the January 4, 2020 deadline. «=-ias postb□x+=» 12:51, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I added some questions to the interview, just for completion's sake on my part. «=-ias postb□x+=» 14:20, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I added some users to the good article list. Three things to keep in mind:

1. I'm also counting GAs unrelated to the Wikiproject, such as Rhain's The Dalek Invasion of Earth

2. I'm calculating it by doing the following: I go to their talk page and look for bot messages that says that their GA submission has been accepted.

3. Are we counting just this quarter, or their entire time on Wikipedia? If so, I need to make some changes. 16:03, 20 November 2020 (UTC) (uncredited: Le Panini)

I think we were intending to count all GAs just like the previous "New Article Leaderboard" and "Featured Content Leaderboard" features, but maybe I'm Aya Syameimaru! had a different plan. I'd defer to him as it was his project. -Thibbs (talk) 16:10, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thibbs, It'd be better if it was all GAs, but it'd be so, so much easier just doing this quarter. What to you think IAS? Le Panini ^Talk 16:25, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't disagree with this proposal, I allow this to happen because it's a good idea. I still want all GAs. «=-ias postb□x+=» 16:32, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Aya Syameimaru!, Okay then. How many GAs did you do this quarter, so I can change it? I'm gonna fix Cat Tuxedo and Photo Drake as well. Le Panini ^Talk 16:34, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So far I did 1 GA this quarter, Beatmania IIDX (video game). I was attempting to do a 2nd one named Chaos Field, but it failed, so I still have 2 overall GAs (one of them, Monster Truck Madness, was done before this quarter). It remains at 2, so you don't have to change how many GAs I did overall unless I do another GA later. Focusing on only one quarter doesn't work out for my original intents; I prefer counting all GAs over that because it's more expected, and if we don't count all GAs in time for publication, then this GA leaderboard feature will appear in Q1 2021, not Q4 2020. You can go ahead to fix Cat's Tuxedo's and ProtoDrake's GA stats. «=-ias postb□x+=» 16:48, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I am not comfortable with the one-quarter-only approach, so I'm cancelling the GA leaderboard feature. The rest of this issue preferably remains uncancelled, because it is doable. «=-ias postb□x+=» 17:07, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Aya Syameimaru!, Well, if you'd rather do the other way, do it. I was just suggesting an easier approach. Le Panini ^Talk 05:08, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well thanks for the comment. -ias postb□x 17:04, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm loving this burst of editing! Thanks for both of you, I'm Aya Syameimaru! and Le Panini! I had a quick question about this edit, I'm Aya Syameimaru!. I'm all for newsletter apologies when merited, but I'm not sure it's needed here. I think this edit (dated: 00:37, 9 October 2020) cleaned up the "draft-like look", right? The newsletter was published and delivered at 02:10, 9 October 2020. If the clean-up happened before the newsletter was published then there's no need to apologize, right? Or were we missing any items (Promoted FAs, FTs, or Demoted categories) that went unannounced in August-September 2020? -Thibbs (talk) 16:08, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I was confused that the Quality Content section in the last issue had a "draft-like look", so I did the apology. By reading your comment here, I realized that the 00:37 October 9 edit removed the "draft-like look" of that issue before publication and delivery, so I've now replaced the apology with a simple "we're doing good"-type of statement. You're right, and I and Le Panini are doing good stuff. You're welcome. «=-ias postb□x+=» 16:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Now the interview is what to do for the draft/queue of this upcoming issue. -ias postb□x 14:50, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So Thibbs, there's a couple more questions to add to the interview. As usual, it's gotta be interesting. -ias postb□x 13:15, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just made a few tweaks, but I'm not really free right now. I'll try to get to the polishing tonight. -Thibbs (talk) 20:12, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck and have fun with that. -ias postb□x 23:59, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Now that Thibbs wrote a paragraph introducing readers to Tarkus, we can make him answer our questions. -ias postb□x 00:11, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I asked Tarkus and he said that his answers will appear in one week. -ias postb□x 05:32, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused why "Re: the bold merge of Tutorial (video games)" is a broken code. Do you guys know what's missing? It's on the digest draft right now. Le Panini ^Talk 10:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(There's another piece on there that's broken as well. It seems to be links that have links in them.) Le Panini ^Talk 10:44, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you click on the presented "bold merge" link then at the top of the WPT:VG page text will appear like "Looks like the discussion "Re: the bold merge of Tutorial (video games)" has been archived. Click to see archived discussion (or search in archives).". Perhaps use the archive links for fixing the situation. -ias postb□x 21:15, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There, I found the problem: It's the letter "s" missing from "Video games" in the "Tutorial" and "sandbox" discussion links (resulting in "Video game") and the "[[]]" parts are in that "sandbox" discussion link. I handled the thing with no complaints. -ias postb□x 21:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Aya Syameimaru!, Thank you. The digest goes over extensive discussions from the talk page. If I left something out, tell me and I'll put it in. Le Panini ^Talk 01:23, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I'll do that when I feel like it. -ias postb□x 01:45, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Surprise, I added a new feature! -ias postb□x 03:40, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Aya Syameimaru!, Yes, thank you for that! I'll be sure to write the next one if you'd prefer. I started a sample here, but is still undergoing a lot of work. I tend to write in a more lighthearted approach. Le Panini ^[🥪] 23:39, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, and feel free to write the next one! -ias postb□x 00:54, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've been working on a shortish "Follow-up" article about whether or not COVID has had an impact on WP:VG growth. I'm calling it a follow-up as I was talking a fair bit about COVID in the first quarter of 2020 (Issue 12-1). We've published "Follow-up" features previously in Issue 9-2, and we've done double features in the past (Iss. 7-1 and 10-2). So it wouldn't be unprecedented. Is everyone comfortable with me producing a mini feature alongside I'm Aya Syameimaru!'s feature? -Thibbs (talk) 05:04, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well fine, I guess you can make it real here. -ias postb□x 10:20, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I got no problem with it. Le Panini ^[🥪] 05:32, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK I've added the follow-up. It was longer than I thought it would be, but a lot of its bulk comes from the graphs... Anyway I'll have to update it on 1/1 to make the graphs perfect. Feel free to make any corrections if you can improve it. -Thibbs (talk) 01:54, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@I'm Aya Syameimaru! and Le Panini: So I guess we'll be publishing on Monday (Jan 4). I'm still holding out for the final December NAA report but if it takes too long (i.e. if it goes beyond January 3) then we'll have to just go with what we have and make a correction in the next issue. The December portion of the "Changes to Featured and Good content" section still needs to be updated. Otherwise I think we're looking pretty good. Thanks to both of you for helping out! And Happy 2021! -Thibbs (talk) 05:36, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thibbs, Once we get started on Q1 2021, I'll finish up my feature. If you guys find any notable points to add, click the ink above and leave some ideas on the talk page. Le Panini ^[🥪] 06:10, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Good/Featured Content section isn't finished yet, so it has to be done quick for the sake of the issue being published soon. -ias postb□x 07:40, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK I've just updated the "Changes to Featured and Good content" and "Project at a Glance" sections. I've never done that before so I hope I'm not sending things off course. Some of the GAs were removed or added from WP:VG/RC because the WikiProject tags had been removed and/or because there had been a split, and I didn't know quite what to do with GAs that become FAs. Would those coult as demotions? I basically just ignored those categories. Hopefully that's OK. If not, please correct it. I also set up the next newsletter and I requested delivery. Please make any last minute corrections on the publish version as needed. I'll clear the draft for Q1 2021. Thanks again for all the help! -Thibbs (talk) 04:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thibbs, I wouldn't consider promoted FAs from GAs demoted GAs. It'd be like saying "Joe Biden, fired vice president, President". Le Panini ^[🥪] 04:24, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah that's kind of how I saw it too. It might be confusing to see. On the other hand, the total count in the "Project at a Glance" section should definitely be updated to accurately reflect the changed status. I think (hope) it's good now. -Thibbs (talk) 04:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm delaying the deadline to January 5, 2021 to account for the incompleteness of the current state of the upcoming issue. -ias postb□x 06:07, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::Yeah that's kind of how I saw it too. It might be confusing to see. On the other hand, the total count in the "Project at a Glance" section should definitely be updated to accurately reflect the changed status. I think (hope) it's good now. -[[User:Thibbs|Thibbs]] ([[User talk:Thibbs|talk]]) 04:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
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