Category talk:Games

Okay, Special:Wantedcategories and Special:Uncategorizedcategories are making me crazy. Can we talk about a format for game categories?

• Is it "Category:<Variation> Games" or "Category:<Variation> games"? I see a bunch of both at present...personally, I prefer the former.
• Is it "Category:<Forum> Games", "Category:Games in <Forum>", or "Category:Games played in <Forum>"? I'm seeing the latter most often so far, and I think I like it.
• Is there any way to elegantly word the categories for winners? "Category:<Faction>-won Games" maybe? These are all over the place right now...

Having dived back into {{gamebox}} I see it defines these categories as:

[[Category:Games played in {{{forum|MafiaScum}}}]]

[[Category:{{{setup|Undefined}}} Setup Games]]

[[Category:Games with {{{outcome|no}}} outcome]]

[[Category:{{{status|Ongoing}}} games]]

I like the 1st one, don't understand the last one's purpose, and think the middle two could be reworded. Is 'Setup' necessary on the second one? -- Mr. Flay 21:22, 14 August 2007 (MDT)

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LyingBrian 00:59, 15 August 2007 (MDT)

• Is it "Category:<Variation> Games" or "Category:<Variation> games"? I see a bunch of both at present...personally, I prefer the former.

i also prefer the former, but i can be a fan of capitalization...

• Is it "Category:<Forum> Games", "Category:Games in <Forum>", or "Category:Games played in <Forum>"? I'm seeing the latter most often so far, and I think I like it.

i'm interested in why you like the latter over the other 2 since they are very similar, but since the majority are "Category:Games played in <Forum>", it would be easier to convert the others to this format... i don't really have a preference as all 3 make sense...

• Having dived back into {{gamebox}} I see it defines these categories as:

[[Category:Games played in {{{forum|MafiaScum}}}]]

[[Category:{{{setup|Undefined}}} Setup Games]]

[[Category:Games with {{{outcome|no}}} outcome]]

[[Category:{{{status|Ongoing}}} games]]

I like the 1st one, don't understand the last one's purpose, and think the middle two could be reworded. Is 'Setup' necessary on the second one?

Is there any way to elegantly word the categories for winners? "Category:<Faction>-won Games" maybe? These are all over the place right now...

i see a problem w/ the most current coding of the gamebox... if a game has multiple mods (for example Open 3 was modded by three word name until he was replaced by Patrick), the link created becomes one long link {in the previous example, Patrick (replacing three word name)}, where it should be two separate links {Patrick (replacing three word name)}, b/c the brackets are included in the coding of the gamebox... unless there is a way of separating the usernames that i'm unaware of... i think it would be better to leave the brackets out of the coding, and have them manually inserted by whoever fills out the information... unless of course, there's an easier fix to this...

Mr. Flay and myself, (LyingBrian) actually had this conversation before, and i thought we had sorta agreed on Outcome, but i could be mistaken... the only problem with using a term like 'Winner(s)' is if the game ends in a Draw or another scenario w/ no winners, then the wording seems weird (for example "Category:Draw-won Games" just doesn't sound right, but "Category:Games with Draw outcome" sounds better... not perfect, it could use some work, but better...

and again the coding for the gamebox isn't perfect as multiple winners will have the same result as multiple mods... (for example, MeMeMeet Mafia)... also, when there are 2 or more Mafia families, the common way to distinguish a winner is by naming the family (for example, Mafia 2 if using the gamebox would have "Category: Games with Fibonacci Mafia outcome")... i fixed this by copying the code instead of using the template, but suggestions are welcome of how to fix the template so this is not necessary...

ok, i'm tired, more later...

LyingBrian 00:59, 15 August 2007 (MDT)

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