Forum:Unreleased Games Policy

Alright, third time's the charm, I hope.

I initially proposed a Rumored Games Policy in response to a certain permanently-banned chronic liar imaginative contributor. It received support from all of three people and, while I was pleased that it received no negative response, three people is hardly consensus. So, with the buzz about University Life rumors at the tail end of 2012, I decided to propose the policy again. Again, the responses I got were good but hardly a shining example of overwhelming support from the community. I was planning on bringing the matter up for more focused debate instead of letting the matter drop once again, but by a stroke of fate, EA decided to throw out everything but the kitchen sink and basically made the initial Rumored Games policy fix only half the problem.

I'm resolved not to let this die again, but unlike last time, I believe I finally have a comprehensive policy that covers not only rumored games, but information about confirmed games that are not released - an issue that we've always dealt with informally, but one which I believe may be more of a pressing matter this year given the confirmed but vague games we've got - the games are confirmed to be in development but aside from the general theme we don't know anything, and we don't have a policy that governs additions to the articles we do have.

With all this in mind, I have drafted up the Unreleased Games Policy, and ask for any and all input. Specifically, I'm looking at this point to see if anyone cares to suggest any changes to the proposal. If you think the proposal is good as-is, please indicate your support below. If you don't think we should go with the proposal at all, please indicate your opposition below. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 09:06, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
Note: ''This is a discussion leading to a consensus, not a formal vote. If the policy as it is written meets with your approval, please begin your comment with Support. If the policy does not meet with your approval and you see no meaningful way that the policy can be changed to meet your approval, please begin your comment with Oppose. If you wish to simply weigh in without indicating support or opposition, or have a question or a suggestion for a change, please begin your comment with Comment.''

Support - I wrote the policy so I obviously support it. If you have any questions or comments about the policy proposal, please list them below and I'll answer them. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 09:21, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Support - I fully support this policy. As a contributor who seeks rumors, I'll try to be more careful next time. TWikia Talkie 09:41, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Support - We've needed this forever, it's great that we're finally moving towards getting it. 22:32, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Support - Looks to cover everything of note, and we've needed something like this for a while.

Support - I suppose we need some guidelines for something that hasn't been released, even though it's confirmed.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  10:27, January 18, 2013 (UTC)

Support - Seems pretty thorough, though the reference to SimPrograms needs to be updated. Dharden (talk) 21:53, January 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * The change has been made now. Thanks for weighing in. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 22:11, January 22, 2013 (UTC)

Support - It's a very good idea. I think that SimsVIP is also a good site since it's very active and very reliable.

 Vss2eip  talk here  21:19, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

A Strong Support for me SimPrograms And SimsVip are very handy for releases and information about announces, rumors and all that stuff. 07:52, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Support - Per Lab, WH and Nikel. 21:34, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Support - Third time's the charm! ~ Waikikamukow  ( Anyone wanna chat? ) 05:47, January 25, 2013 (UTC)

Support - Per above.  Life just wouldn't be the same without the Sims!  Talk  12:22, January 25, 2013 (UTC)

Conclusion
It has been a few days since the last comment on this issue and I believe sufficient time has passed for us to reach a conclusion. Given that everyone who has weighed in has given support, I believe that this is community consensus for the adoption of the proposed policy.

Therefore, the policy is adopted as written, effective immediately. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 23:09, January 28, 2013 (UTC)