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Date	Process	Result
April 22, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
August 22, 2006	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
April 11, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 20, 2016. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Grand Theft Auto III was the best-selling game of 2001, and the second best-selling game of 2002, behind only its sequel?
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 22, 2017, October 22, 2019, October 22, 2021, October 23, 2023, and October 23, 2024.
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Should we change the English to American English?

I know it's made in the UK but this game takes place in the US so should we change the English to American English? I think American English makes for sense for all GTA articles on this wiki (expect for GTA London games). 38.25.144.26 (talk) 20:17, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see no point in such a change. The variant is consistent across the GTA articles and GTA is considered a British property. The setting doesn't really have any weight here. IceWelder [✉] 08:04, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An British property owned by an American company? Kinda like Thomas & Friends is owned by Mattel. 38.25.255.45 (talk) 12:22, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Someone sould this make this page American English because instalment is a misspelled typo in the U.S.A that's why this needs be a discussion on if there sould be a British Wikipedia (because there isn't any) and you well can change this page to American English. Thank you 174.27.21.219 (talk) 01:20, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The spelling is correct. There isn't an American Wikipedia either. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 01:22, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I know but there needs to be a British Wikipedia. But that might be in the future 174.27.21.219 (talk) 01:25, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is the English Wikipedia (not American Wikipedia). It incorporates both British and American spelling where appropriate. There would be no point in having a mirror with identical content safe for some spelling variations. IceWelder [✉] 10:29, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Jimbo Wales better start off a discussion about a British Wikipedia being released...... 174.27.21.219 (talk) 02:58, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cancelled GameCube port

I swear this existed, it just needs to be better cited. I have a lot of memories of reading about a GTA III port for the GameCube in game magazines. Some of them were old contemporary issues complete with screenshots, saying the GameCube version was expected to come out in 2003 alongside the Xbox port, and others were later issues going as far as to claim that it was completed, but never released for whatever reason.

I am certain these were real and that their claims had some merit to them, but for the life of me I can't remember what exact publications they were in... Please report back here if you guys can find any reliable magazine scans of what I'm talking about, or otherwise citable proof that GTA III for the Gamecube once existed. Thanks. Titanoboa Constrictor (talk) 00:29, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cheats

No mention of cheats? Cheats were central to the experience, at least for me and my friends and everyone I knew at the time. Far moreso than the actual story missions, which were just a means of unlocking more of the sandbox to mess around with cheats in 🤷‍♀️ 2A00:23C5:1203:CE01:1418:A07D:55D0:DCC1 (talk) 09:52, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that they're important to many players, but unfortunately I've seen very little discussion about them in reliable sources (besides guides that simply list all cheats), so there's little to add here. I hope I can be proven wrong. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 13:31, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]