Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons/References does not list many of the websites used for D&D reviews so I think we would benefit from coming up with a list of reliable & situational sources. As a starting point, we should review the gaming outlets that Valnet has gobbled up. The video games project has WP:VALNET & the film project has WP:RS/VALNET (which states "these websites can be used for direct interviews and some official reviews, but it is recommended that they be replaced with higher-quality sources if available"). I think we should mark the Valnet outlets as situational with a similar emphasis on reviews. An exception could be made for Polygon which doesn't appear to have gone down in quality by a concerning margin since it was purchased (although that needs to be watched). I also listed some other websites back in 2020 (see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons/References#Updating List of Websites (2020)) which are often used & could be useful to formally list (although many have changed ownership so a discussion is needed). Sariel Xilo (talk) 22:51, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

That seems reasonable to me - I would hate to have to throw out that much content just because some of it wasn't good. BOZ (talk) 23:19, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Good points. Hekerui (talk) 23:20, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

Alright, I started with a new overview using Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources & Wikipedia:WikiProject Role-playing games as a base. Please review & update! I think the next step would be some of the sources listed as reliable at the video game project because that probably doesn't need much review and then wait a week or so on adding in the Valnet sources in case someone has some thoughts on if a specific source shouldn't be considered situational.

The only sources that immediately come to mind as reliable but aren't listed at VS or Perennial are ICv2, Publishers Weekly, SLUG Magazine, and Rascal News (independent outlet akin to Aftermath & founded by io9/Dicebreaker journalists). Rascal did a really great breakdown on tabletop journalism gaming in June 2024 which I extensively used when updating the source guidance at the RPG project; the outlet was also nominated for the Diana Jones Award for their tabletop journalism work. Sariel Xilo (talk) 00:34, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

I know that the VG project has links to gaming magazines, including some that primarily reviewed tabletop games but sometimes VGs, including several that I had listed on my User:BOZ/Game magazine index. :) We could borrow and adapt the format from Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Reference library/Magazines#Non-video game publications. BOZ (talk) 05:09, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

I just tried to look at the Tim Beach article and it was deleted with the following description:

This page does not exist. The deletion, protection, and move log for the page are provided below for reference.

* 15:55, 29 March 2008 Alexf talk contribs deleted page Tim Beach (G3: Vandalism) (thank)

So the G3. Pure vandalism and blatant hoaxes section says this:

This applies to pages that only consist of vandalism, redirects created by cleanup from page-move vandalism, blatant and obvious misinformation (including files intended to misinform) and blatant hoaxes. Articles about notable hoaxes are acceptable if it is clear that they are describing a hoax.

The thing is though, Tim Beach is not a hoax. There is an actual game designer by that name and he did make some significant contributions to D&D lore. So if the Tim Beach article was vandalised, it should be fixed and put back up - not deleted forever and marked as a hoax.

Do we have a Wikipedia administrator who we can ask to look through the article history to see if we can find a non-vandalised version of the Tim Beach article that we can restore from? Big Mac (talk) 14:08, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree that this BLP subject should have an article about them. They've been in the industry for 35+ years with dozens of titles (and at least one original game system, Start Here (game)). Unfortunately, the article created in 2008 WAS vandalism and said unkind (and untrue) things about the subject. If you wanted to create such a draft, I'm sure User:BOZ and I would be glad to help. BusterD (talk) 14:36, 9 March 2026 (UTC)