Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Templates

This page documents templates related to video games. Note that infobox templates shown below are examples, purely for demonstration purposes. Therefore some information has been omitted to reduce the size of the template transclusion on this page.

Project templates

Project banner

{{WikiProject Video games}} → Tag the talk pages all WikiProject Video games related articles and project subpages with this template. It will automatically add the page to Category:WikiProject Video games articles. See Template:WikiProject Video games/doc for additional documentation on how to use the template and fill in other parameters.

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Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks:

Welcome template

{{subst:Vgproj welcome}} → A welcome template that welcomes new users to our project. Add it to the talk pages of new users who have contributed to video-game related articles, using {{subst:Vgproj welcome}} --~~~~.

Welcome to WikiProject Video games

Hi WikiProject Video games! You are receiving this message because we've noticed your excellent edits on video game-related articles. We need your help at the Video games WikiProject! There is much work to do, so please head over to the project page and help us enhance and increase the coverage of video game related articles on Wikipedia!

Project discussion

{{VG-Discussion}} → Tag the related article talk page(s) or user talk page(s) with this template to direct editors to a centralized discussion on the project talk page.

Article templates

Infobox

See also: Infobox discussion, Project template discussion, Release dates.

Template Example
{{Infobox video game}}
Infobox VG is in articles about video games that have been or will be released for single or multiple platforms. The image used should be game box art and no other non-free images should be present.
Never list a computer game as a "PC" game—list the applicable operating systems instead.
The fields for director, producer, designer, programmer, artist, writer, and composer should be used to list people who played key roles in the development of a game. However, their inclusion should be carefully measured not to make the infobox overly long.
The Orange Box
DevelopersValve Corporation
EA UK (PlayStation 3 version)
PublisherValve Corporation
EngineSource engine
PlatformsMicrosoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Release
October 10, 2007
  • Windows and Xbox 360
    • NA: October 10, 2007
    • EU: October 19, 2007
    • AU: October 25, 2007
    Windows (download)
    October 9, 2007

    PlayStation 3 (retail)

    • NA: December 11, 2007
    • EU: December 11, 2007
    • AU: December 20, 2007
GenresFirst-person shooter, puzzle, compilation
ModesSingle player, multiplayer
{{Infobox video game series}}
Used for video game series/franchise articles.
Halo
Genres
Developers
PublisherXbox Game Studios
Platforms
First releaseHalo: Combat Evolved
November 15, 2001
Latest releaseHalo Infinite
December 8, 2021
{{Video game release}}
Used for release dates, which creates superscript abbreviations. Other country codes are listed here.
  • JP: 30 October 2026
  • NA: 30 October 2026
  • EU: 30 October 2026
  • AU: 30 October 2026
  • PAL: 30 October 2026

Video game reviews

Template Example
{{Video game reviews}}
Provides a table of review score(s), and award(s) received for a video game of any platform(s).
{{Video game series reviews}}
Provides a table of aggregate scores for a video game series.
Sales and review scores
As of July 5, 2015.
Game Units sold Famitsu Metacritic
Valkyrie Profile 709,000 35/40 81/100
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth 248,000 - 80/100
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria 400,000 (JP) 34/40 84/100
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume 230,000 32/40 74/100

List item

Template Example
{{Video game titles}}
Game Details
Harvest Moon

Original release date(s):
  • JP: August 9, 1996
  • NA: June 1997
  • PAL: January 29, 1998
 Release years by system:
1996—Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
2008—Wii Virtual Console
Notes:
  • Known in Japan as Bokujou Monogatari (牧場物語, Bokujou Monogatari; lit. "Ranch Story")
{{Video game table}}
Title Original release date

Japan

North America

PAL region

Final Fantasy December 18, 1987 July 12, 1990 —
Notes:

Use these templates to link to various CVG databases/websites on the internet:

Maintained templates

Cleanup

What to typeWhat it produces

{{Game guide}}

{{In-universe|subject = video game|category = video game|date =}}

{{Copy to gaming wiki}}

AfD templates

Use these templates in video game-related AfDs.

Find video game sources: "Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · TWL · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) czar ♔ 01:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)


Image tags

Copyright tags
TemplateExample
{{Non-free game cover}}
WikiProject Video games

Copyrighted content
This image is cover art for a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of game cover art

constitutes fair use under United States copyright law. Other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content.

Attention
To the uploader:
  1. Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
  2. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
  3. This tag should only be used for video game covers.
  4. Either of the following may be helpful for stating the rationale: Template:Game rationale or Template:Non-free use rationale video game cover.
To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.
[[Category:]] game covers]]
{{Non-free logo}}
{{Non-free video game screenshot}}
{{Non-free computer icon}}
Non-free fair use tags
TemplateExample
{{Non-free use rationale video game cover}}
Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free video game cover or boxart true – NEEDS ARTICLE NAME
Description

This is the cover art for {{{Article}}}. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the game or the publisher of the video game or the developers of the video game. 

Source

The box/cover art can or could be obtained from the distributor.

Article

No article specified. Please edit this file description and add the name of the article the file is used in. (get help with syntax)

Portion used

The entire cover: because the image is cover art, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.

Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.

Purpose of use

Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show a primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the creator providing graphic design services to relevant concerns and video game marketing to the public. 

Replaceable?

As cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the item in question would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. 

Other information

Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of [[]]//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Templatestrue

Stub types

For a generic stub about computer and video games, use {{videogame-stub}}. This will put the article into the Video game stubs category. However, it is advised that you use one or two (no more than two) specific stub templates listed below:

For a more specific stub by genre, use
Or for stubs by company, use
For stubs by platform, use
Other stub types include
For stubs based on video game series, use

User talk templates

{{subst:VG Barnstar}}
The Video game Barnstar

put your message here czar ♔ 01:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

{{subst:The Video Game Barnstar}}
The Video Game Barnstar
Put your message here. czar ♔ 01:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

{{subst:Vg welcome}}

{{subst:User:Czar/template/vgwelcome}}
Video games
Hey WikiProject Video games—thanks for your recent contributions. I noticed your interest in Wikipedia's video game content and thought you might be interested in the video games WikiProject. We've done some great work (over 200 pieces of Featured content and over 600 Good articles), but there is plenty more to do. Come say hello on our talk page, participate in our current events, or let me know if I can help with anything. Anyway, welcome to Wikipedia and I hope I'll see you around! czar ♔ 01:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)