Talk:Game testing

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The bulletin mentioning Beta Testing under Methodology really seems irrelevant to me. All the other bulletins describe different areas of testing, whereas beta testing is not an area of the game you test, but rather, a phase the game goes through before release. Shouldn't that bulletin be removed?
- Diablodoc  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.37.255.176 (talk) 08:54, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beta irrelevant 

message: Is that table of contents really necessary? — TheJames 13:34, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it wouldn't be so long if some of the more minor section headings were rewritten to be normal article text (especially those that overlap quite a bit with articles that already exist).  Alternatively, if the empty section headers were removed, the table of contents would vanish, or nearly so.  I'm not necessarily sure that's the best idea, though the outline seems a bit too expansive given the large amount of overlap with existing articles (for example: game testing is a subset of software testing, yet this article sets out to be far more detailed about test group organization and test tools team organization than the generic software testing articles are...   a better thing to do would be to flesh this sort of detail out in a general software testing article rather than here, especially since software testing is very frequently done on software that is not a game).  --Interiot 17:40, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oh dear 

message: Could Board Game testing be added to or included in this article as well? Or is it to seperate and deserving of an article all on it's own? Knuckles sonic8 20:34, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that testing of non-video games is so different, that it needs an article of its own. Just MHO. — Frecklefoot | Talk 22:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Board

message: I took the contents of the article and rewrote it.  Sorry, but it was just horrible.  Some sections were empty, some sections didn't need to be sections and it was a mish-mash of testing a game development, which already has it's own article.  It still needs work, particularly the "Methodology" section, but it's a start. — Frecklefoot | Talk 22:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article could probably use fewer lists and more prose, though I can't put my finger on which section.  Limited use of lists is appropriate, but the entire article shouldn't be one long list.  --Interiot 23:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's still horrible. Take a look at the playtesting section for example. Bilge [TC] 23:02, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Game development which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 19:30, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: I removed a host of citation needed notes as they were over used to the extreme to the point where my ability to consider their placement to be made in good faith was tested. Listing one or two things here, if there's an aspect of my edit you're unsure about, feel free to ask.
 was removed because it states game testing is less technical than other software testing. By the placement I would guess that it belongs to a note since removed, but I don't have the time to work my way through the history.
 was removed because localization is a part of testing. Just as people test AI in the game, they also check to see that the text in each languages is appropriate and makes sense. Like any other aspect of a game, it is something which can be done badly and thus needs review. A F K When Needed 13:46, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Summary is too short. 

message: TRC, a disambiguation page, states a Technical Requirement Checklist tool exists in game testing. Is this something specific which can be covered in greater detail? Is it worth pointing out in this article that certain testing criteria are likely to appear on that list? Is this just a common phrase in the field with obvious meaning and usage that isn't likely to have detailed information about it and how it's used which isn't obvious? ᛭ LokiClock (talk) 12:16, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure where that phrase comes from or why DAB page implies it as standard, but it's not a "standard" industry term. There are hundreds of approaches and tools dealing with software development organization. This sounds just like another one of those sub-tasks, not even specific to games. Sure, "technical" and "requirement", and "checklist" kind of make sense together, but that's probably simply because they are common buzz words. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 21:56, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Technical Requirement Checklist 

message: The topic of Compensation had information added about low-level testers not receiving medical insurance.--Squidwardnick (talk) 21:54, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The website does not appear to be a reliable source, such as as listed here. It only says "might not pay" without citing any sources, which essentially makes it author's opinion. Not to mention that in the scope of the world, this is just for US. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 01:08, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  November 2015 

message: Game testing refers to all kinds of games, not just software games. Should this article be renamed to Video Game Testing? Contributor tom (talk) 03:08, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: We don't have "video game testing" because there is no content on testing for other types of games besides video games and this is the name the article got in the beginning. That said, there were move requests before for the same question. Feel free to start one. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 15:03, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Article name too general

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message: This article has two sentences and relies on one source; it does not even use the one reference it has to elaborate on the model. The article is rarely updated, and I do not think it is particularly notable enough to warrant its own article. Maxx-♥ talk and coffee ☕ 14:47, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm proceeding with the merge. Caelum123 (talk) 04:48, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Player-experience modeling]] into [[Game testing]]