User:Whiteguru/Shen Long

GA Reassessment

Article (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

Starts GA Reassessment. The reassessment will follow the same sections of the Article. Thank you --Whiteguru (talk) 21:42, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Instructions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_reassessment

Observations

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

   HTML document size: 116 kB
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 19 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 40 kB
   Wiki text: 24 kB
   Prose size (text only): 12 kB (2141 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 6649 B

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

Article follows manual of style.

It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

Checking Street Fighter: The Movie (arcade game) there is no reference to Shen Long in this article.
The reference to Street Fighter IV is a mention only, then a removal of the source.

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):

The Origin section and the Original EGM April Fools 1992 section don't have enough citations to carry the text. There is too much back-story and explanation.
EGM April Fools 1997 section is the same; it does not have enough citations to carry the text. There is too much back-story and explanation.
These matters were raised in a Video Game Assessment in 2008 and have not since been addressed.

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:

The significance and extent of the April Fool's hoax has been somewhat stretched out in this article.

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:

Page created 6 June 2005;
Page has 785 edits by 255 editors and has 36 page watchers;
The Internet Archive Bot has visited 4 times;
90 day page view statistics give 7,329 visits with a daily average of 81 views.
Article listed as GA: January 16, 2009
Examination of page history shows stability, and no edit warring. Edits address Japanese language and translations.

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

File:SF Sheng long.jpg = fair use is claimed under US Copyright law. (fair use rationale is appended)
File:ShengLongEGMScan.jpg = fair use is claimed under US Copyright law. (fair use rationale is appended)
File:Sf4-gouken.jpg = screenshot from a video game = fair use is claimed under US Copyright law
Images are appropriately tagged and have fair use rationales.

Overall:

It is challenging to say this article is neutral considering it portrays an April Fool's joke played out three times in the Street Fighter video gaming environment.
The origin of the April Fools joke predates the Internet and social media; the in-joke was perpetrated twice in magazine interviews and print media and flopped a third time.
The hoax's general reception from the public and other publishers was to eventually meet ridicule from video game competitors.
There is too much back-story and explanation in sections of this article (without sufficient citations) to merit GA status.

On hold for one week. --Whiteguru (talk) 03:01, 11 July 2021 (UTC)