- #Pharaoh cleopatra game layout archive
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The categories tell me that this game has been released for Windows, but not what versions, and not whether it is also available as a console or arcade game. This will also help in being consistent with naming, of course. As a general encyclopedia, we should include information such as the platforms for which a game has been released, even if this is well known among the playing community of that particular game. Like many games articles, one of the weaknesses of this one is that it assumes a great deal of knowledge on the part of the reader. I've only just noticed the backlog of move requests, and I'm doing something about it. Run! 11:49, 28 December 2005 (UTC) Please, I'm not rejecting your request.
#Pharaoh cleopatra game layout windows
I can't say for certain that Pharaoh wasn't ported to consoles, but it definitely did come out for Windows PCs. Andrewa 11:31, 28 December 2005 (UTC) Is that so? Well, I'd argue that the original move was a mistake, as Pharoah was designed for Windows (either 95 or 98) and would be horrendously difficult to play on a console anyway. It seems that this article has been moved once before, and the current request is to reverse that move. What platforms does Pharoah run on? Windows only? What versions of Windows? This seems to me to be relevant to the renaming.
No further edits should be made to this section. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page.
#Pharaoh cleopatra game layout archive
Run! 11:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Andrewa 21:19, 28 December 2005 (UTC) When I first noticed the discrepancy (I've worked on other computer game articles which had "computer game" instead of "video game") I decided to check out the computer and video games article to investigate it, and the leading section seems to support the idea that Pharaoh should be under "computer game" rather than "video game".
A redirect will stay from Pharaoh (video game) of course.
There's no evidence or likelihood of any other versions, so the proposed title is accurate and specific. I'm still favouring a return to Pharaoh (computer game) as proposed. Retodon8 15:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC) Lots of talk there, but there doesn't seem to be any conclusion. Then there's a page specifically about naming issues called Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and Video Games/Definition dispute. For more information, please see computer and video games, and also Portal:Computer and video games and Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games. I am just another, nothing special, Wikipedian, but that's what I know. Of course once the game existss for a different platform, different enough to warrant another article (doesn't happen often at all), or another game with the same name exists, for another platform, using more specific bracketed words is necesary. all use video to interface with the wetware, so a bracketed "video game" always makes sense.
#Pharaoh cleopatra game layout Pc
Basically naming is a big mess. :) I personally reason like this: all games for IBM PC compatible, Mac, consoles, arcades, etc. A big reason for this is that outside of Wikipedia the industry itself doesn't seem to agree on a naming scheme. There is still a lot of disagreement about that though, so the actual situation is different than the one preferred, and the one preferred isn't preferred by everyone.
#Pharaoh cleopatra game layout mac
Just "game" could indicate a board game for instance, and "video game" is considered an umbrella term by some (most?), moreso than "computer game" by which people usually mean IBM PC compatible or Mac games, meaning better consistency than using for instance "Game (MS-DOS)". Run! 20:11, 15 December 2005 (UTC) It seems like "Game (video game)" is the current default way of naming anything related to computer and video games (if even necessary). Reason: consistency throughout wikipedia. Andrewa 16:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC) Article renaming The request has been unopposed for several weeks, so I regard consensus as demonstrated. The discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and Video Games/Definition dispute is old and inconclusive. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. The following is a closed discussion of the proposal.