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Category:Body horror video games
[edit]Hi, you were the driving force behind keeping Category:Body horror video games a few months ago (see deletion discussion). I recently took on implementing the decided purge and quickly looked at every page in that category (and its subcats), and not a single one mentions the term "body horror" (NB: one says ... the choices made by the player affect the narrative and visual design..., generally along the lines of eldritch or body horror
, but the term is not used in the cited sources). This, paired with the fact that afaics, every page in this cat was added to it by the same user (Latiromazzaire, who also created the cat) on the same day (1 June 2024), made me think that the deletion rationale (entirely original research
) was mostly accurate, but that's not why I'm writing this message. I'm bringing it up, because while I'm happy to add it to articles if I find a source for it (to avoid removing the category), I'm not sure how I would add the "body horror" aspect to a video game article, even if I found sources supporting body horror as a defining characteristic, and I thought since you're a member of WP:VG (and participated in the deletion discussion), I'd ask you (I hope that's alright).
I'm not that familiar with video game article guidelines, but as far as I understand, body horror is not one of the standard video game genres that WP:VG/GENRE states one should use (and for example, Template:Infobox video game also says that the infobox should not include thematic genres (like science fiction, horror, etc.)
). WP:VG/GENRE also states: Simply borrowing parts of a genre does not necessarily make the game of that genre, and instead can be said to be using elements of that genre in the lead and gameplay prose.
Let's say that is the case, how would you mention/integrate "body horror" in an article (as I don't know what common phrasings for this sort of thing are in video game articles; e.g., would you just say something to the effect of "The game uses body horror elements." somewhere in those sections)? To provide a more specific hypothetical, how what would you add it to the article Zoochosis (video game) (this is one of the two games for which you gave a source in the deletion discussion; the article is currently in the cat but doesn't cite this specific source or use the term), assuming that you'd consider it a defining characteristic? I'd appreciate your input on this, thanks! Felida97 (talk) 22:11, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
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Pokémon Stadium
[edit]This is probably a super random query, but I figured I'd ask. I'm working on improving articles related to Pokémon Stadium (Pocket Monsters' Stadium and Pokémon Stadium are both GANs, and I plan to hit up Pokémon Stadium 2 in the future) and am considering a potential GT. However, I am a bit concerned that a series article may derail plans a bit, as I would need to work on that too. I have performed a search and could not find enough content for a series article per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Video games's criteria. All I got were Wikipedia:VALNET hits, which aren't helpful for obvious reasons.
You've managed to scrounge up obscure sources a lot better than I have in the past, and have additionally contributed to the creation of many series articles in the past as well. Would you be willing to take a look and see if this article is possible? Feel free to decline if you're busy or don't want to, but I figured I'd ask you as one last effort before I call it quits on trying to see if coverage exists for this. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 21:27, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, I can find very little either besides Valnet. Print only has trivial mentions too. I think it's safe to say that Pokemon Stadium will probably not merit a series article. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:55, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, that's a shame. Still, thank you so much for the help. It's greatly appreciated :) Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 22:25, 23 January 2025 (UTC)