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Development => General Development => Topic started by: XtremeBain on October 05, 2007, 09:30:37 AM

Title: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: XtremeBain on October 05, 2007, 09:30:37 AM
Okay, so our Wikipedia entry was deleted again, this time for not meeting the Wikipedia Notability requirements (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:N).  Before someone goes and posts a new entry, we should take a serious look at meeting this requirement.

I found out today that are game is being cited as Digital Paintball 2.0 on most sites.  This isn't shocking news, but I wasn't searching for "Digital Paint 2.0" when trying to defend the marked for deletion.

Here is what I found:
http://www.e-pcmag.gr/modules/pcmag0/index.php?id=24
PC Gaming in Greece had packaged this game into their packaged DVD sometime in 2006.
http://www.pbreview.com/products/reviews/2954/
A dozen game reviews from very popular paintball review site, PB Review.
http://www.globalgamerscenter.net/?p=news&id=50
http://www.globalgamerscenter.net/?p=news&id=55
http://dpcup.globalgamerscenter.net/
Coverage from GGC for their DPCup tournament.
http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View.php?view=MOTW.Detail&id=100
http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View.php?view=MOTW.Detail&id=49
PlanetQuake Mod of the Week articles.

Please post anything you've found on here.  Also, can someone provide more details about the show that aired in Germany with PB2 on it.  Looking around at some of these sites I've come across, this game looks terrible.  A perfect example is a POTW (http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View.php?view=POTD.Detail&id=3280) on PQ this year for B19, that shows a pretty boring screenshot that is using the ancient HUD, so who knows how old that screenshot really is.  The PBReview and a handful of non-english download sites are using a screenshot of [DsC]Cy with a rediculous hudscale and garbage taking up most of the screen.  That pic is ancient as well.  Most sites are branding this game as "Digital Paintball 2.0" which causes confusion with HL's DPB (this is mainly KuJa/whoever's fault for picking that name though).
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Apocalypse on October 05, 2007, 09:52:26 AM
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Buy Digital Paintball 2.0
Just saw this on pbreview are they really charging for it?
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: XtremeBain on October 05, 2007, 09:54:38 AM
Just saw this on pbreview are they really charging for it?

That's an auomtated sponsored link.  If you click it, there are no listings because no one has sponsored pbreview to put a listing up for "Digital Paintball 2.0".
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 05, 2007, 10:13:01 AM
http://krossfire.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/paintball-20-digital-paint/
http://blog.msemelka.info/55-digital-paint-paintball-2-0.html
www.europaint.eu ?
http://www.marcofolio.net/games/the_best_free_games_first_person_shooters_fps.html
http://stopgame.ru/games/digital_paint_paintball_2.html

This kind of thing what we are looking for?
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: XtremeBain on October 05, 2007, 10:32:14 AM
Those look fine, maybe not so much the msemelka.info and stopgame.ru links though.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: bitmate on October 05, 2007, 10:38:25 AM
Also, can someone provide more details about the show that aired in Germany with PB2 on it.
Unfortunately, I can't find anything about it. Might be too long ago since that show was aired (Like mid '04'ish).

I don't think that an old German source will help that much. ;)
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 05, 2007, 10:52:53 AM
A TV appearance must help with notability though!
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: hawkes on October 05, 2007, 11:02:58 AM
yep msemelka.info isnt  help so much. Iam author of this article, article is write for czech users. Thx
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Eiii on October 05, 2007, 11:37:34 AM
It doesn't matter how much notability we have if the dedicated wikipedia editors/trolls haven't heard of us. :P
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: XtremeBain on October 05, 2007, 02:04:16 PM
It doesn't matter how much notability we have if the dedicated wikipedia editors/trolls haven't heard of us. :P

Haha, no kidding.  I didn't realize how bad it was until I started looking into people's accounts who supported this delete.  It's too bad that they have to dump on a nice little open source project because the game isn't being publicized the way it should be.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: y00tz on October 05, 2007, 02:30:57 PM
The biggest thing that bothers me about Paintball 2.0 not being notable... is that this stuff is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenArena. 
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 05, 2007, 03:03:58 PM
The biggest thing that bothers me about Paintball 2.0 not being notable... is that this stuff is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenArena. 

How does that even make sense.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: y00tz on October 05, 2007, 07:23:45 PM
How does that even make sense.

Is there something wrong with my grammar or are you agreeing that our mod is just as much if not more notable?
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Eiii on October 05, 2007, 07:27:16 PM
I'm pretty sure it's the latter.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 05, 2007, 07:57:53 PM
Is there something wrong with my grammar or are you agreeing that our mod is just as much if not more notable?

Sorry y00tz, but I can't understand a word you're saying :D
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: jitspoe on October 05, 2007, 08:03:31 PM
The biggest thing that bothers me about Paintball 2.0 not being notable... is that this stuff is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenArena. 
I designed their logo. ;D
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: KnacK on October 06, 2007, 10:49:49 AM
Then can we use that to link to openarena?
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: y00tz on October 06, 2007, 10:55:22 AM
Sorry y00tz, but I can't understand a word you're saying :D

Paintball2 was deemed to be not notable enough to deserve a spot on the great Wikipedia, and what bothers me about it is that other open-source shooters ARE notable enough.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 06, 2007, 01:20:42 PM
I'm not sure if you're just joking with me now or what -.-
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Apocalypse on October 07, 2007, 09:19:10 AM
:o One of the suggestions it gives me when I type in Digital Paintball is Digital Paintball 2.0 sometimes it doesn't even give me suggestions for common words.
Some sites.....
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_1_235_22215.html
http://gameadmins.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=120
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Garrett on October 08, 2007, 06:09:39 PM
What exactly are we trying to do here?  Are we trying to bring more people to DP or what?
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Fullmetal_Steeb on October 08, 2007, 06:36:26 PM
We're trying to fight the wikipedia-machine. XD I seriously have very little idea what's going on here...

I know that the article was deleted, and that's complete bull-crap since there are less important things on WP... That's about ALL I know. It's odd to see the article deleted, seeing as how Wikipedia is what directed me to the DP website to begin with. So sad.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 08, 2007, 08:09:14 PM
since there are less important things on WP...

But not as notable!! :D
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Playah on October 09, 2007, 05:56:22 AM
Are we trying to bring more people to DP or what?
We are trying to have some info about a Paintball game that everyone can find easily if they are looking for it. I don't think putting info about this game is solely advertisment in the business-ish way. Speaking of me as example: I always was a fan of the whole "paintball-idea". I'd have loved to know about this game at any time, also because it's for free. I only got very lucky that a friend of mine told me about this. Elsewise i'd have never known about this game.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Fullmetal_Steeb on October 09, 2007, 04:50:09 PM
But not as notable!! :D
Thats exactly what I said. There as less important (less notable) things [than DP] on WP..." Meaning just what you said. lol.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 09, 2007, 04:55:40 PM
I meant that dp is not as notable :P

Important and notable are not equal!
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Apocalypse on October 09, 2007, 05:03:23 PM
XBain I'm assuming you're going to write one once you gather more stuff to put in so if there's anything I can help you with other then the actual writing of it I'd be glad to.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 09, 2007, 06:15:25 PM
Please post anything you've found on here. 

Help with that? :P Its a wiki, we can all write to it!

Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Fullmetal_Steeb on October 09, 2007, 08:33:00 PM
Ah, I see what you're saying, lekky. I agree, DP isn't exactly notable, but neither is ActionQuake, then. And last I checked, it had a wiki page.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: lekky on October 09, 2007, 08:53:32 PM
Right, I'm gonna stop posting in here, no one understands me. The first one was a joke but you didn't get it, so I had to explain what I was intending then it didn't seem like a joke anymore :(

I AGREE with both y00tz and Fullmetal_Steeb (you f***ers)
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Fullmetal_Steeb on October 09, 2007, 08:55:28 PM
Oh, so your saying DP IS notable? XD I'm confused as hell.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: jitspoe on October 10, 2007, 05:39:51 PM
Sometimes sarcasm and the Internet don't mix.
Title: Re: Rebuilding our Wikipedia presence
Post by: Fullmetal_Steeb on October 11, 2007, 09:13:39 PM
Thats what <sarcasm> </sarcasm> is for. XD