Wikipedia:WikiProject Pinball (WP:PINBALL)

Welcome to WikiProject Pinball, a WikiProject formed to become a source for improved Wikipedia coverage of the great pastime of pinball.  Please consider participating if you have any interest in the game and wish to help us help Wikipedia cover this great game.  GoalsMake Wikipedia a quality source for information about pinball. Create guidelines for articles about pinball, to improve article consistency and make article creation and editing easier.ScopeArcade pinball machines, notable home (small-scale) pinball machines, video game pinball simulators, pinball-related devices or equipment. Individual biographies with a strong association with pinball, including those of pinball developers, designers, artists, champions, etc. Companies, organizations, publications and other non-individuals with a strong association with pinball Games ancestral or closely related to pinball, including pachinko and bagatelle (some of which may also be within the scope of WP:WikiProject Cue sports) Video simulation games of pinball (also within the scope of WP:WikiProject Video Games) All articles with a strong association with pinball, even if it is not the primary topic of the article, which may be within the scope of other projects as well (e.g., Tommy (rock opera)).  Have a useful resource to share with other editors working on articles related to pinball? Add it here:   === Databases === Internet Pinball Database Pinball rulesheets Pinball instruction cards Pinball instruction cards Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND)   === News ===  Pinball News PinGame Journal Pinball Magazine (Upcoming pinball machines at Pinball Magazine) Skill-Shot Performance Pinball   === Manufacturer ===  Stern Pinball Jersey Jack Pinball Circus Maximus (CM at FB) Heighway Pinball Dutch Pinball Multimorphic Chicago Gaming Company   === Forums ===  The Virtual Pinball Forums Pinball Nirvana Forums Pinball Arcade site and forum VPinball VPUniverse   === History ===  Short Pinball History Pinball History site Spanish Pinball history Russian Pinball history Collection of pinball articles Pinball technology   === Books ===  The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game & Its History by Marco Rossignoli The Pinball Compendium: 1982 to Present by Michael Shalhoub The Pinball Compendium: 1970-1981 by Michael Shalhoub The Pinball Compendium: The Electro-Mechanical Era by Michael Shalhoub The Pinball Compendium: 1930s-1960s by Michael Shalhoub The Pinball Price Guide The PinBotz Guide to the Greatest Pinball Machines of the 80s And 90s by Kevin Strasser Pinball Perspectives: Ace High to World's Series Pinball Snapshots: Air Aces To Xenon Pinball Memories: Forty Years of Fun, 1958-1998 Your Pinball Machine: How to Purchase, Adjust, Maintain, and Repair Your Own Machine   === Documentaries ===  Pinball Passion at IMDb TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball (IGN review) Special When Lit at IMDb Pinball 101 at IMDb The History of Pinball Pinball Madness A Lifelong Love Gottlieb Tour Chasing Ghosts at IMDb Things That Go Bump in the Night Movie   === Museums ===  Pacific Pinball Museum, a museum in Oakland, California Pinball Hall of Fame, a museum located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Museum of Pinball, formerly the world’s largest pinball museum with over 500 vintage and modern pinball machines in Banning, California. Silverball Museum, a museum located in New Jersey and Florida. Seattle Pinball Museum, a museum located in Seattle. Paris Pinball Museum, a museum located in Paris, France. Pinball Museum Solothurn, a museum located in Solothurn, Switzerland. German pinball museum, a museum in Neuwied, Germany. Pinball museum Schwerin, a museum in Schwerin, Germany. Vintage Flipper World, a museum in Ann Arbor, MI.   === Search ===  Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · NYT · TWL Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · NYT · TWL   === New articles that contain the word pinball ===   === Recent changes of everything related to WikiProject Pinball === An automated project watchlist of recent pinball related edits. Note: Some edits may not be relevant to this project.   === Bot-generated list of articles needing cleanup === an automated pinball cleanup listing   === Article alerts === You can find all Pinball article alerts here and subscribe at the bottom of this page to get informed for example about Pinball articles for deletion or miscellaneous discussions and nominations.  No Article alerts at this time.   === Selected new articles === Here you can announce and add links to new created or expanded pinball related articles.   === Assessment ===  Feel free to sign up as a participant in this project, and add yourself manually or with the userbox {{User WikiProject Pinball}} to Category:WikiProject Pinball participants. Any help is very welcome. :) Feel also free to make suggestions or ask questions on the project's  talk page.  Fractalchez - Longtime pinball player and enthusiast, current league & tournament organizer DuoDeathscyther 02 - Casual pinball player; created or improved these pinball articles David Pro - Longtime pinball player and enthusiast, has created these pinball articles Rich Fife - Longtime collector and enthusiast. SarahStierch long time pinball enthusiast and will lend a hand when possible to articles (especially the pinball article itself. VMzB - 8-bit era veteran, especially interested in the electronic guts of pinball machines (and some arcade games) and their repair. Imho IPDB is a great resource and we should try to refer to it, or even establish automatic data transfer.  GeneralPinball Glossary of pinball terms List of pinball machinesGamesThe Addams Family (pinball) Revenge from Mars Twilight Zone (pinball)CompaniesBally Manufacturing Midway Games WMS Industries (Williams Electronics)PeopleSteve Ritchie Jorian EngelbrektssonTechnologiesPinball 2000Video game simulationsMetroid Prime Pinball  Good Article Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire Digital preservation & creationThe Pinball Arcade Visual Pinball  {{Infobox Pinball}} {{WikiProject Pinball}} {{User WikiProject Pinball}} Parent projectWikiProject GamesRelated projectsWikiProject Cue sports (pinball ultimately derives from billiards, by way of games like bagatelle and bar billiards) WikiProject Video games (electronic arcade games, the original video games, were an outgrowth of pinball)