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Developers who only worked on a single Donkey Kong game
Genres that only describe a single Donkey Kong game
Platforms that only had a single Donkey Kong game
The template being bloated results in things getting lost. You have to scroll really far down to see information like Shigeru Miyamoto being the creator and Nintendo being the publisher. Things like this are far more important than every single platform that has housed a Donkey Kong game at some point.
Like Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong is substantially more than just video games; there are TV shows, comics, LCD games, a movie, and a theme park attraction. It's more useful to use the franchise template in scenarios like this where it encompasses more.
Basically, the franchise template is more concise, far less bloated, and gives a much better overview of the franchise. The video game template can easily go to
List of Donkey Kong games, where all the developer/platform information actually fits.
JOEBRO6420:39, 14 February 2023 (UTC)reply
I agree that we should use the franchise template, especially since the first sentence of this article says this: "Donkey Kong is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and owned by Nintendo." It says that it's a franchise so we should use that template. Splitting and creating a DK media franchise article can be handled later and may not be appropriate since the franchise might not be notable enough for its own article. ―
Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#654520:48, 14 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Also, the DK games template is desorganized unlike listing all developers, including secondary ones, and all platforms the series was present.
WanakoDX (
talk)
20:44, 14 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Just based on length and
WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE, the media template is a better option. There's simply too much trying to be crammed into the game template as of
this revision that what should be the important hierarchical information is lost in a sea of links and text. The media infobox might be too spare in some respects, but it supports the article much better by giving examples of multimedia and its duration and rights holders rather than telling us about that rhythm game that one time as one of the first things in the article.
Der Wohltemperierte Fuchstalk20:50, 14 February 2023 (UTC)reply
The media template is miles better for this purpose. The games template is so crammed with stuff that its of no use at all. Wikipedia is for the average person, the video game template in this case has strayed well past that. -
X201 (
talk)
22:18, 14 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Not to
WP:SNOW this conversation, but I also agree on the media template being the better option. I was the original writer of a lot of the content for
List of Donkey Kong video games back in the day, and it's worth mentioning that the developer information for each individual game is also included in the notes section for all of the games -- it should be comprehensive coverage.
Nomader (
talk)
02:58, 16 February 2023 (UTC)reply
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