Talk:Mother (video game)/GA1
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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 18:36, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
I'll complete the review within a few days, if that's OK. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:36, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
- Is it reasonably well written?
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
- C. No original research:
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- A. Major aspects:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- No edit wars, etc:
- Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
- A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
- B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
- A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- Pass or Fail:
Initial comments
[edit]I'll have to focus on copyediting issues in this review.
Lead
[edit]- "but is set in a modern United States" - unless I'm mistaken the first Mother game is set in 1980 so would we agree that thirty four years ago is still considered 'modern' or contemporary?
- "and circulated on the Internet as EarthBound Zero" - just curious, there was a discussion debating on the capitalisation of 'Internet' in some Wikipedia articles
- The lead summarises the article well so this meets the criteria
Gameplay
[edit]- "The game's protagonist, Ninten, is about 10 years old" - hey what happened to player-character!?
- "and ventures outside to find a crazy world with hostile everyday objects and other odd events" - not very encyclopaedic, what about a formal synonym such as strange or berserk?
Development
[edit]- When did development start?
- "a North American release as Earth Bound" - just to be clear is this referring to the first Mother game or the second one?
- "recorded in Tokyo, London, and Bath" - this is the correct city to be sure?
Reception and legacy
[edit]- "Mother sold 150,000 copies" - in Japan only?
- Although not a requirement for GA, I notice that there is no reception box and very few actual scores given from critics
References
[edit]The tool server is currently down so I had to check the references manually. They all seem to be working properly and I couldn't find any that seemed unreliable (not for this topic). The citations are also in their correct places so this meets the GA criteria.
On hold
[edit]This is another well written article and should have no problem passing the GAN. This will also be my (second) last review for some time and before closing this GAN I just wanted to make sure that those issues were clarified. The only problems I found with this article were a few minor copyediting issues (which would more than likely improve readability) and once they have been addressed I'm sure that this article will gain its well deserved GA status. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 18:46, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
- @Jaguar, done—take a look? Modern/contemporary should be fine, since that's how the recent sources put it. But I changed it anyway to late 20th century. Also I capitalize Internet as a proper noun. Re: protagonist—took your advice on this one. (Ninten is also described as a protagonist more often, and he carries out the plot, so it fits.) I don't have a date for when development started. The 150k copies are assumed to be in Japan since it didn't have a wider release. Thanks for the review and best wishes on your wikibreak! czar ♔ 21:12, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
Close - promoted
[edit]Thanks for clearing those issues up, Czar, this article now meets the GA criteria. It is very broad, well written and long story short it is a strong GA. I might have to try this game on a emulator soon. I will cue the wikibreak, see you soon! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:03, 17 October 2014 (UTC)