Talk:Exploding Kittens

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Several new and IP users have been trying to add exact copies of the game's web site or Kickstarter page. I have been helping with making sure these do not stay in the article. However the addition of the Achievements section and whether they have been reached is factual, and not a WP:COPYVIO so I added that back in. —    Bill W.    (Talk)  (Contrib)  (User:Wtwilson3)  — 16:11, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Whether the achievements are factual or not, is not the question. They fail a couple of WP guidelines and should be removed. - X201 (talk) 16:59, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, that's a fair point for discussion. Which guidelines does that section fail? —    Bill W.    (Talk)  (Contrib)  (User:Wtwilson3)  — 18:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, it fails WP:TRIVIA. SEC (talk) 21:41, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some quotes from that guideline which make me believe it does not apply to this section:

1. A trivia section is one that contains a disorganized and "unselective" list.
2. This guideline does not suggest the inclusion or exclusion of any information; it only gives style recommendations.
3. Issues of inclusion are addressed by content policies.

The list is organized, specific, and relevant to the way the company is promoting its Kickstarter campaign. The technique is innovative, and therefore I think encyclopedic. —    Bill W.    (Talk)  (Contrib)  (User:Wtwilson3)  — 00:49, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Its giving undue weight to one tiny aspect of the Kickstarter. The list takes up half of the article. The prose section on the kickstarter campaign should be longer than the list. The list should be briefly mentioned, there's no need to have it in this article, Wikipedia isn't a newspaper, it shouldn't be reflecting day by day changes in the stretch goals, it should be taking a long view. Prose is miles better than a list. - X201 (talk) 09:30, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the list collapsible so it doesn't overpower the prose in the article, but I still oppose removing it completely since it is an uncommon (unique?) way to promote an already successful Kickstarter campaign, and therefore noteworthy. —    Bill W.    (Talk)  (Contrib)  (User:Wtwilson3)  — 13:50, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Worth adding the cancelled achievements, and the reason why? 109.155.254.243 (talk) 11:38, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. But I can't find any info on any cancelled achievements. Can you post a link here on talk of what source material you're thinking about so we can have a look at it? —    Bill W.    (Talk)  (Contrib)  (User:Wtwilson3)  — 12:05, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update 9 has the original challenges (get 3 celebs to tweet) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens/posts/1125351 , I'll try and find the creators request to stop (overloading the celebs twitter accounts) but can't recall if it was in the main comments or theupdate comments at the moment. 109.155.254.243 (talk) 15:34, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I found it on a Facebook post. It really isn't important enough to include unless you can find it mentioned outside of primary sources. —    Bill W.    (Talk)  (Contrib)  (User:Wtwilson3)  — 16:08, 7 February 2015 (UTC).[reply]

I can no longer find it on their Facebook page, but a good place to look for it mentioned outside the primary source is the Twitter pages of the celebs that were picked. --Macha Panta (talk) 05:25, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]