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A fact from List of Yoshi video games appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 February 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the first game to be considered a Yoshi game is the 1991 Nintendo Entertainment System game, Yoshi, which was developed by GameFreak? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/February.

I want to add Yoshi's Island 3D for the Nintendo 3DS but I don't want to mess up the columns and rows. Can someone please add this to the "Main series" because it was just announced during yesterday's Nintendo Direct. (192.182.60.94 (talk) 05:12, 18 April 2013 (UTC))[reply]

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I don’t think it should be called List of Yoshi video games because it’s just trying to tell you a list when it’s actually an article about a video game series that needs more info. Metric Supporter 89 (talk) 17:24, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MetricSupporter89: Good point. Just to clarify, you're asking that the page should be titled "List of Yoshi (series) video games"? I think that would help remove ambiguity from appearing as if the list is meant to be interpreted as "List of video games featuring Yoshi". I do think that the italicized font of Yoshi in the current title helps enforce that it is about the series and not the character's name, but either way works. As is or changed to your suggestion. --Bchill53 (talk) 18:38, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bchill53: Thanks. In other words it would be my suggestion for the new title. Metric Supporter 89 (talk) 18:41, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, are you asking the page be moved to "Yoshi (series)" or "List of Yoshi (series) video games"? The second is not appropriate MOS, so it's out. I would only support the first if the sourcing is there. In other words: Do sources discuss and comment on the Yoshi series as a whole? Currently there are no such sources in the article. If sources cannot be found, a list is more appropriate than a series article. TarkusAB^talk 19:15, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ah TarkusAB, I think you read his question correctly. After rereading, I think he wants a page like other series' pages (your first suggestion) instead of a somewhat boring list. That's 100% preferable, just have to have someone who has the gumption to do it. :) --Bchill53 (talk) 20:28, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I like series articles too but they aren't always 100% preferable to lists. You need sources that talk about the series, otherwise the article is just a collection of comments about the individual games. TarkusAB^talk 20:59, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

TarkusAB Fair point. I guess I'm assuming that provided enough sources and someone wanted to do the work, I'd imagine most people would prefer to read a page about the series than a near-stub list of the games. Pages like the Super Mario series are able to list all of the games with a timeline, giving a much better historical picture and the reader can see all of the games on one screen (in the timeline) and can scroll further down to see how each game contributed to the series. While I suppose this list could just add that content, the other approach looks more encyclopedic and readable than a directory like this is now. --Bchill53 (talk) 16:07, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

TarkusAB, I want the page to be moved to Yoshi (series). Metric Supporter 89 (talk) 23:29, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Series articles are completely different things that require more content about the games' general mechanics and reoccurring characters and such. You can create such an article if you find the content to add to it, but usually lists like this exist separately from such articles. Lists like this article exist for many game series, and are not by themselves "Unencyclopedic" or "Missing content"(see Category:Video game lists by franchise, or even Wikipedia:Featured lists#Video gaming). _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 17:18, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]