Wikipedia:WikiProject Pinball#Current assessment statistics

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; Goals

• Make 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.

; Scope

• Arcade 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)).

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• [http://ipdb.org Internet Pinball Database]
• [http://papa.org/learning-center/player-resources/game-rulesheets/ Pinball rulesheets]
• [http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/instruction/ Pinball instruction cards]
• [http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/ Pinball instruction cards]
• [http://www.ipsnd.net/ Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND)]

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• [http://www.pinballnews.com/ Pinball News]
• [http://www.pingamejournal.com/ PinGame Journal]
• [http://www.pinball-magazine.com/ Pinball Magazine] ([http://www.pinball-magazine.com/?page_id=34 Upcoming pinball machines at Pinball Magazine])
• [http://www.skill-shot.com/ Skill-Shot]
• [http://www.performancepinball.com/ Performance Pinball]

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• [http://www.sternpinball.com/ Stern Pinball]
• [http://www.jerseyjackpinball.com/ Jersey Jack Pinball]
• [http://www.circusmaximusgames.com/ Circus Maximus] [https://www.facebook.com/Pythons-Pinball-Circus-1040981385935471/ (CM at FB)]
• [http://heighwaypinball.com/ Heighway Pinball]
• [http://www.dutchpinball.com/ Dutch Pinball]
• [http://www.multimorphic.com/ Multimorphic]
• [https://www.chicago-gaming.com/ Chicago Gaming Company]

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• [http://www.vpforums.org/ The Virtual Pinball Forums]
• [http://www.pinballnirvana.com/forums/index.php Pinball Nirvana Forums]
• [http://pinballarcadefans.com Pinball Arcade site and forum]
• [http://www.vpinball.com/ VPinball]
• [http://vpuniverse.com VPUniverse]

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• [http://www.bmigaming.com/pinballhistory.htm Short Pinball History]
• [http://www.pinballhistory.com/ Pinball History site]
• [http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/spanishpinball/index.html Spanish Pinball history]
• [http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/russianpinball/index.html Russian Pinball history]
• [http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/ Collection of pinball articles]
• [http://www.designworldonline.com/advanced-networks-make-pinball-games-pop/ Pinball technology]

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• [http://books.google.com/books?id=HrARTwEACAAJ The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game & Its History by Marco Rossignoli]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=X6_FpwAACAAJ The Pinball Compendium: 1982 to Present by Michael Shalhoub]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=odhDAAAACAAJ The Pinball Compendium: 1970-1981 by Michael Shalhoub]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=s69ZLAAACAAJ The Pinball Compendium: The Electro-Mechanical Era by Michael Shalhoub]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=3RZAPQAACAAJ The Pinball Compendium: 1930s-1960s by Michael Shalhoub]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=xbpPnwEACAAJ The Pinball Price Guide]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=ETcsRhKwB5QC The PinBotz Guide to the Greatest Pinball Machines of the 80s And 90s by Kevin Strasser]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=-VtlAAAACAAJ Pinball Perspectives: Ace High to World's Series]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=FV2SAAAACAAJ Pinball Snapshots: Air Aces To Xenon]
• [http://books.google.com/books?id=epU-AAAACAAJ Pinball Memories: Forty Years of Fun, 1958-1998]
• [https://books.google.com/books/about/Your_Pinball_Machine.html?id=9i3QzQEACAAJ Your Pinball Machine: How to Purchase, Adjust, Maintain, and Repair Your Own Machine]

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• {{IMDb title|1227172|Pinball Passion}}
• [http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/07/tilt-the-battle-to-save-pinball-dvd-review TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball (IGN review)]
• {{IMDb title|1511532|Special When Lit}}
• {{IMDb title|1535470|Pinball 101}}
• [http://www.historyofpinballdvd.com/ The History of Pinball]
• [http://vimeo.com/37390509 Pinball Madness]
• [http://vimeo.com/37437181 A Lifelong Love]
• [http://mediaburn.org/video/chicago-slices-raw-pinball-wizard/ Gottlieb Tour]
• {{IMDb title|0479879|Chasing Ghosts}}
• [https://thingsthatgobumpmovie.com/ Things That Go Bump in the Night Movie]

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• 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.
• [http://silverballmuseum.com/ Silverball Museum], a museum located in New Jersey and Florida.
• [http://www.seattlepinballmuseum.com/ Seattle Pinball Museum], a museum located in Seattle.
• [https://flippermuzeum.hu/en/main-page/ Budapest pinball museum], one of Europe's leading pinball museums, located in Budapest, Hungary.
• [http://www.pinball-gallery.com/ Paris Pinball Museum], a museum located in Paris, France.
• [http://www.extra-ball.ch/?page_id=16 Pinball Museum Solothurn], a museum located in Solothurn, Switzerland.
• [http://www.flippermuseum.eu/ German pinball museum], a museum in Neuwied, Germany.
• [http://www.flippermuseum-schwerin.de/ Pinball museum Schwerin], a museum in Schwerin, Germany.
• [http://vfwpinball.com/ Vintage Flipper World], a museum in Ann Arbor, MI.

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1. Fractalchez - Longtime pinball player and enthusiast, current league & tournament organizer
2. DuoDeathscyther 02 - Casual pinball player; created or improved these pinball articles
3. David Pro - Longtime pinball player and enthusiast, has created these pinball articles
4. Rich Fife - Longtime collector and enthusiast.
5. SarahStierch long time pinball enthusiast and will lend a hand when possible to articles (especially the pinball article itself.
6. 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.

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;General

• Pinball
• Glossary of pinball terms
• List of pinball machines

;Games

• The Addams Family (pinball)
• Revenge from Mars
• Twilight Zone (pinball)

;Companies

• Bally Manufacturing
• Midway Games
• WMS Industries (Williams Electronics)

;People

• Steve Ritchie
• Jorian Engelbrektsson

;Technologies

• Pinball 2000

;Video game simulations

• Metroid Prime Pinball 20px Good Article
• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire {{classicon|GA}}

; Digital preservation & creation

• The Pinball Arcade
• Visual Pinball

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;Parent project

• WikiProject Games

;Related projects

• WikiProject 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)

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