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Reviewer: Haleth (talk · contribs) 09:45, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
I'll take this one. BRB with comments. Haleth (talk) 09:45, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Most issues are prose-related. Broadness of coverage from sources is fine, though one particular article is useless in my opinion and does not contribute anything towards quality. I have listed my concerns below. Haleth (talk) 15:16, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Haleth: Dusa has had a lot going on recently (we know each other off-wiki) and I offered to take over the review for her since it's been going on for so long. I assume this is fine - if so I will go over the issues you listed either today or over the weekend.--AlexandraIDV 07:57, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Haleth: I have responded to each of your points - some of which were already handled by Dusa - please let me know if there's anything else, and I will take another look.--AlexandraIDV 13:30, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Alexandra IDV: Hi there, thanks for stepping in on Dusa's behalf as I was going to follow up by pinging her, and I hope she's ok. Anyway, everything I have raised has already been addressed and the article looks good. It's a pass for me. Haleth (talk) 05:33, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Haleth: I have responded to each of your points - some of which were already handled by Dusa - please let me know if there's anything else, and I will take another look.--AlexandraIDV 13:30, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
Lede
[edit]- Suggest adding player between "other" and "characters" and whitelink it as player character
- She is described, perhaps depicted would be more apt? My impression is that it is more then throwaway flavor text since the body states that she is the in-universe owner of one glamorous-looking stage.
- The design process for Twintelle was more difficult than the others in Arms I believe, from re-reading the original source, is that the process is more "complicated" then "difficult" if we have to use a word to summarize the design process.
- Fair, done.--AlexandraIDV 13:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- Suggest moving She was first revealed in May 2017 Nintendo Direct, where she quickly became a fan favorite and a popular black character in video games. as the opening sentence of the second paragraph. The next few lines deal directly with her popularity anwyay.
- resulting in her being the subject of fan art. Should be merged into the sentence about her Nintendo Direct reveal and fan favorite status.
Concept and creation
[edit]- She is black and French, featuring dark brown skin and large, silver/pink locks. "black and French" should be "a Black French person" (whitelink), swap featuring to with.
- Could do with a brief description of who Adeyto is.
- She uses her hair to fight due to her hair unlike her actual arms, which is the case for most other fighters Suggest she fights with her hair unlike other fighters who utilize their arms
- Too many repetitive uses of "she is" to start sentences throughout the first paragraph in my opinion. A bit of variation would be good.
- Designers sent sketches to these divisions of the character to get their opinions on them This sentence does not flow well and probably unnecessary, as the previous sentence already made it clear that other Nintendo divisions were contacted for their opinion on the character's design.
- The design process was more time consuming and difficult than the process for other characters Again, I never got the impression from the reading of the original source that the character was explicitly spelled out as "difficult" to design. It simply stated that the team was worried about her concept without specifying the exact reason why they are worried, though it does say they made a conscious decision to put more time and effort into her design.
- I have tweaked this, how does it look now to you?--AlexandraIDV 13:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
Reception
[edit]- high degree of should be omitted. It seemed like a puffery term to me. Previous sentences have already stated facts about the extent of her popularity.
- lead to should be led to.
- sexual characteristics alludes to some quality about the character but is kind of vague. Neither source specifically spell out or include any terms that correlate to "sex", "sexy" or "sexuality" or discuss anything along these lines.
- The Kotaku source does not seem to want to say "sexy", but very much implies it when discussing how the fanart depicts her. I have changed it to the milder "attractiveness".--AlexandraIDV 13:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- Writer Xavier Harding suggested that the amount of fanart of Twintelle suggested that Nintendo had a "hit on their hands repetitive use of "suggested". Prose could use improvement.
- Why does a listicle from a Geek.com writer get a sentence all to themselves when the other critics who want Twintelle for Smash in articles of a similar style is compiled together in one sentence? I feel it is undue.
- She suggested that Twintelle's hair was part of a greater issue in video games to do with the handling of black people's hair Omit to do.
- They felt that their hair deconstructed the idea of "weaponized hair," arguing that she "fights alongside it" instead of against it. I am a bit confused by this sentence. Does Shonte Daniels from Paste use or insist on "they/them" pronouns, and does "their hair" refer to Daniels' hair or Twintelle's hair? If so, why in the next sentence is the female pronoun used as in She compared Twintelle to black female athletes such as tennis player Serena Williams...or does "she" refer to Tanya DePass from Mic?
- She uses "her" on her website. I suspect this was a placeholder - regardless, I think this is sorted.--AlexandraIDV 13:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- masculine body The source does not actually say that Serena acknowledges her body to be "masculine", but that it is "muscular". "Muscular" is not synonymous with "masculine".
- Yeah. I don't know what happened here, but done.--AlexandraIDV 13:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- flauints should be flaunts.
- unique character designs should be singular not plural.
- She further discusses that Twintelle's sexuality works in Arms... I think "sex appeal" conveys the intended meaning better, but its your call.
- Agreed. They're similar, but "sexuality" can also evoke "sexual orientation" or "libido".
- In celebrating former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé, Geek.com writer Jordan Minor featured Twintelle on his list of his favorite black characters, calling her the "Queen of ARMS." I object to the inclusion of this article, which for some reason is no longer accessible other then through Internet Archive. The only thing that is relevant within the context of this page is that Twintelle is mentioned, fleetingly, on a list of top black characters published in celebration of Black History Month, where pretty much the entirety of its body talked about Reggie Fils-Aimé, who isn't actually a fictional character, and there is zero commentary to be found about her.
- I agree. Done.--AlexandraIDV 13:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- Whitelink Grand Valley State University.
- were it not for poorly depicted black women in games, there would be few options left I think there's room for improvement to paraphrase the point that Alisha Karabinus is trying to make in her article. Perhaps something along the lines of, but felt that they are not insurmountable issues, and said the key issue is a lack of representation and that there should be more playable black female characters in video games".
- Well... I read the article, and I think your suggestion is an improvement, so I just went ahead and implemented it.--AlexandraIDV 13:28, 10 September 2021 (UTC)