Talk:Angry Video Game Nerd/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Anarchyte (talk · contribs) 11:07, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

I'll start reviewing this. --Anarchyte 11:07, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Main review

Overall comments/Misc

• Copyvio rating: 77.3% chance of violation of this page.

Hmm, I don't know if this is because other websites copy Wikipedia or if Wikipedia copied this source. I'll get a second opinion on that.

Please reword these sections.

• This article relies a lot on Cinemassacre, which is a primary source.

Lead

Nutshell: Might need a cleanup

• A starting independent filmmaker, Rolfe's earliest videos of the Nerd character was intended as a joke privately shown to his friends.

What do you mean by this?

• [...] the Nerd was highly influential in bringing online video reviews to the mainstream public.

Seems a little promotional, IMO.

Premise

Nutshell: Badly referenced section

• Reference #2 (first sentence) is a deadlink with no available archive.
• This section is reliant off 1 deadlink and 1 working reference, the last paragraph isn't referenced at all.
• [...] him destroying whole game cartridges, or defecating, burning and sometimes even crushing entire video game consoles.

I can't find where this is mentioned in the article. Using CNTL+F for all of the words "burning", etc also finds no results.

Production

Nutshell: Reference problems

• Rolfe diversified the reviews of platforms and products such as the Atari 2600, Super NES, Sega Master System and Sega Genesis video game consoles, the Power Glove and U-Force peripherals, films such as The Wizard, and the Nintendo Power magazine.

I can't find the reference for this, I've added a cn tag.

• expressive lighting and camera angles to emphasize its horror film-themed narrative in which the Nerd is attacked by Jason Voorhees for disliking the game. Later episodes have alternated from straightforward game reviews to those with a narrative focus resembling a documentary, with Rolfe pointing out information about the game or gaming console under review.

This seems to be copy/pasted from the source.

• Ref 10 is a YouTube video and isn't reliable, if I remember correctly.

I'll get a second opinion on that as well.

Other media

Nutshell: References, again

• This section is pretty good, although if the references could be updated, it'd be better.
• Reference 24 is a YouTube Let's Play video and is thus not reliable.
• A few other references are to other media sharing sites.

Reception and legacy

The section is fine

• The section is good.

Overall review

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. 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:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail: (Fail)

The article stays focused but the references aren't very good. I'll put it on hold so people to fix these errors before I pass or fail it. --Anarchyte 03:16, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm failing () this because nothing changed in the 7 days it was on hold. Anarchyte 01:09, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Re:

Thank God somebody finally picked this one up, although I was already starting to lose interest in it, but anyways. I'll try to fix the problems you've posted, but I think that most of the copy/paste problems on the article were coming from the quotes taken from the external sites. Still, I'll be restructuring them just in case. Godzilladude123 (talk) 14:12, 3 July 2015 (UTC)