On 7/4/2013 9:46 PM, ENWP Pine wrote:

I've asked these questions in other ways and places and I'd like to hear what other people on the Research and EE lists think.

There are many video game players of diverse ages, genders, languages, and locations. How could Wikimedia editing be made into an appealing activity for people who are currently video gamers? How could Wikimedia market itself to gamers, including console, LAN, FPS, MMORPG, and mobile gamers?

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There are already some gamification ideas out there (google/wp for WP:GAME and such. WP:CUP is most popular, and competitions like Wikipedia Loves Monuments and such have some fans as well. They are certainly not as widely promoted as they could be, and the game companies are blind to an opportunity of offering rewards to players who expand Wikipedia content about their games...

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