Vgchartz should have a Wikipedia article... but we don't.

We appear to meet the notability guidelines (several mentions by recognised media), I'm sure people would want to look at our article to find out how this website works from a neutral source, and lots of smaller websites than this have articles.

Here is my draft, which will be updated:

 {{Infobox Website
| name = VG Chartz
| url = http://www.vgchartz.com
| type = Video game sales tracking
| registration = Optional (free)
| owner = ioi
| author = ioi
| launch date = ????
}}

'''VG Chartz''' is a [[video game]] sales tracking [website] that provides weekly sales figures of [[Video game console|console]] software and hardware by region. The site was launched in ???? by ioi. Despite the small sample size used by the site, VG Chartz' data is often very close to manufacturer and market research company data.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vgchartz.com/news/news.php?id=564 | title=NPD Data vs. VGC Data for the September 2007 Sales (9/2/07 to 10/6/07) | author=TheSource | date=2007-10-19 | accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref>

In addition to the sales data, VG Chartz provides tools for data analysis and charting. Regular written analysis of the data referencing major news in the video gaming industry is provided.

==History==

The site was launched as www.everythingandnothing.org.uk, before changing to www.vgcharts.org in ???? and finally becoming www.vgchartz.com in ????. The site began to gain media attention after ...

==Methodology==

The weekly figures VG Chartz publishes are primarily determined from sampled retailer data, and adjusted considering sales history, public data from hardware manufacturers and data from independent sales tracking agencies. VG Chartz tracks sell-through to consumers, not shipment data. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vgchartz.com/methodology.php | title=VG Chartz Methodology | author=TheSource| accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.vgchartz.com/ VG Chartz]

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TODO:

Find dates

Get screenshot uploaded for illustration purposes 

Find sources of reliability outside VG Chartz

Decide what aspects (e.g. forum, news section) deserve mentions.

Find when the site became more popular and why, as well as major events in its history.

Vgchartz isn't even in the top 10,000 sites in traffic rank. Who outside of gaming chatrooms have even heard about the site?

This site still has quite a long way to go regarding notability.

 No, it's not objectively notable, it merely meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Wikipedia is not paper, i.e. more articles = always good as long as it satisfies minimum notability and quality.

It should be able to get a page on Wiki though I do imagine some of their Analsluts would be sticking pretty closely to the notability/traffic/reliability triple threat. I do remember stumbling across an argument or two by some very vigilant VGC detractors who were dead set on "proving" how unreliable the site was and basically eliminating anything VGC related they found on wiki.

@ClaudeLv250 - Really? Man, some people really are wasting their lives.

The main problem with making a Wikipedia article is the following...

1. Who will write it?

2. What will be in it?

3. Who's going to protect the article from vandalism and the 10,000 people who will say the site isn't important enough to get its own article?

1. I'll draft it and post it here for critique.

2. The same as other website articles: what is it, how it works and its history

3. Wikipedia's own editors should revert vandalism, and I would hope the community will help me to revert more subtle misinformation. 

*Claps hand*

Now, about them thar Japanese numbers...

@Montana, this weeks numbers, are for the most part, very easy to predict.

Do I hear a 300k-400k for Galaxy? Tied PS3-360 sales at the 15k mark? Wii at ~40k? DS beating PSP?

First draft shown. No article yet created.

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