Talk:BioShock 2/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dom497 (talk) 15:53, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

I am currently reviewing this article.--Dom497 (talk) 15:53, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Review complete.--Dom497 (talk) 16:23, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Post-Review Suggestions

Unfortunately, the BioShcok 2 article is not yet at the good-article status... but very close. The main issue was in the 'plot' section of the article. There was not one single reference that was included for that section. There must be reference's for everything in the article. Another suggestion that I have is to try to include more pictures. Adding a FEW more pictures (make sure it does not get over crowded) may help increase the chances of the article passing the review and reach the good-article status. In my opinion, everything else looked good. Once someone fix's the main issue (the 'plot' section) and adds a few pictures, re-nominate the page for good-article status and hope for the best.--Dom497 (talk) 16:20, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Second opinion, copied from Dom's talk page- while I agree that the article is not GA-ready, I have a few other concerns: First, plot sections in video games and other media generally do not have references- they are implicitly sourced to the game/media itself. Second, "A few more pictures" will not help the article pass GAN, as pictures are not a requirement there or anywhere. In fact, for most reviewers it would stand out as a problem, as all BioShock 2 images are copyrighted, so using them as decoration would be a violation of fair use laws. Thirdly, there are a host of other issues with the article that need to be fixed for GAN - the Gameplay section has a huge tag on it, Multiplayer goes into excessive detail on the modes, Development has a big table of hardware requirements for no reason, Music is a single sentence, and Reception has a longer table than prose (and has a cite-needed tag). Those are issues that I saw just by scrolling down. The problems are all fixable, and the article's in a pretty good shape, but I didn't want you to think that you should just slap some images on it and renominate. --PresN 18:10, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

-Dom497 and PresN, thank you both for your comments, and thank you Dom497 for your review. I will personally work to fix the issues you both pointed out. I have no time table for completing this, as it will just be a side project when I have some free time. I will especially work to fix the things that PresN mentioned, as well as comb the article for more touching up/citation verification. Thank you both for your time. Mordecairule 14:09, 8 August 2011 (UTC)