Talk:Guilty Gear X2/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 19:16, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

I will leave some initial comments within 24 hours and will mainly focus on copyediting issues. Thanks! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 19:16, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Ok, Jaguar; can you ping me when you start? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 00:56, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for the wait, I'll do the review now. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 12:08, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

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:

Initial comments

• There is nothing on the development in the lead; a couple of sentences could be added for example how long did it take for the game to develop? You could also incorporate some of the development section into the lead?
• The lead is informative and summarises the article concisely, so this meets the GA criteria
• "On the other hand, when a character moves backwards" - these phrases don't bind well with most GANs, how about However, when a character moves backwards?
• "Arcade, Survival, M.O.M. (an acronym for Medal of Millionaires[8][9])" - citations should be outside the brackets!
• "Sammy Studios had announced that a Guilty Gear X spin-off, titled Guilty Gear XX" - isn't this game called Guilty Gear X2? What prompted the name change?
• The reception section has good prose and is also well referenced. I couldn't find any problems here.

References

• Ref 64 is a redirect
• Ref 67 and 66 are also broken
• Ref 59 and Ref 57 are dead
• Ref 55 also appears broken (but this one could just be me?)

On hold

In its current standing the article does not meet the GA criteria however if all of those issues (especially the broken references) are addressed then this article will stand a good chance of passing the GAN. I'll put this on hold for the standard seven days and once they have all been addressed I'll take another look at it and see if it meets the GA criteria. Other than those problems the second half of the article is well written and well referenced! @Gabriel Yuji: Please let me know when you think you're finished. Thanks, ☠ Jaguar ☠ 12:29, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

I guess I've fixed all the issues. The Guilty Gear XX the Japanese title. It was how it was announced; I've tried to explain that the NA release changed its title. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 19:17, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Close - promoted

@Gabriel Yuji: Thank you for your swift response! The article now meets the GA criteria as all of the above concerns have been addressed. All the references are fine, the citations are in the correct places and the prose of this article is now at a GA standard. The lead also summarises the article so I couldn't find any problems there. Well done! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 22:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

@Jaguar: Thank you for the review. Cheers, Gabriel Yuji (talk) 18:56, 17 September 2014 (UTC)