International Game Developers Association

The Wikipedia Initiative was launched by Elonka Dunin at GDC 2006, as a coordinated project between the Online Games SIG, the Writers SIG, the Credits Committee, and other interested volunteers.

Contents 1 Mission statement 2 FAQ 3 Participants 4 Wikipedia links 4.1 Biographies created or expanded 4.2 Biographies needing work 4.3 Other IGDA pages to watch 4.4 Other Wikipedia pages to watch 4.5 Biographies that need to be created 4.6 Other Wikis?

Mission statement

The goal of the IGDA Wikipedia Initiative is to identify those IGDA game developers who are notable enough to have biographies on Wikipedia, who either do not yet have such a biography, or whose bio needs to be expanded, and to create or expand those biographies as appropriate.

FAQ

If you are reading this, chances are that you have one of the following questions in your mind:

• Is there already a Wikipedia bio for <fill in name>?
  • Best way to find out, is to go search. Try google, like search on "John Smith site:en.wikipedia.org"
• There isn't one yet. How do I make sure that a page is created for <fill in name>?
  • Add the name to the list further down on this page
• What are the requirements for having a bio on Wikipedia?
  • The main one is "Notability". In order to have a bio, someone has to be relatively famous. The "How famous is famous" question deserves a whole separate page, so check here: /Wikipedia notability guidelines
• I want to help out, where should I start?
  • Pick one of the "bios to be expanded", go to their Wikipedia page, and start adding stuff to it. Easiest is to first check that their "list of works" has their most famous games listed. Also look around via Google for articles about them, or any awards that they've won. For more details on this, check this page: /Wikipedia references.
  • Pick one of the names of someone that needs a bio, and start a working page for them. For tips, check here: /Writing Wikipedia bios and /Tips on writing for Wikipedia

Participants

The following individuals are interested in helping with this project:

• User:Elonka
• John Feil
• Justin Hall
• Gordon Walton

Wikipedia links

Biographies created or expanded

Links prefaced with "w:" are on Wikipedia, not on the IGDA wiki

• w:Gordon Walton
• w:Steve Meretzky
• w:David Perry
• w:Daniel James (game developer)

Biographies needing work

• w:Louis Castle
• w:Bob Bates
• w:Raph Koster
• w:Ernest Adams
• w:Starr Long
• w:Frank Lantz
• w:Jesper Juul

Other IGDA pages to watch

• w:GDC
• w:IGDA
• w:GDC Awards

Other Wikipedia pages to watch

• w:Wikipedia:Gaming_Collaboration_of_the_week

Biographies that need to be created

The following names link to pages within the IGDA wiki -- feel free to add new names

• /John Feil
• /Brian Robbins
• /Dave Weinstein

Other Wikis?

What about other game-related wikis? Should we make a list?