Talk:Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Latest comment: 1 month ago by 2801:1CA:E:1411:50F5:5452:5E66:AC5E in topic GAR
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GAR
editHello, I'm posting this article as a GAR because I think it hasn't aged very well since its approval in 2008. First of all, there are many sections without references, making it difficult to verify them. The references in the game manuals don't have links to them, in this case it would be useful to create a bibliography and a {{Sfn}} for greater accessibility. And finally, in the introduction, it mentions the release on the Wiiu Virtual Console and its sequel, but this is not mentioned in the rest of the article, please fix this. Furthermore, this article requires a GAR because it hasn't aged very well. 2801:1CA:E:1411:4DC3:B2F4:7AC0:932D (talk) 19:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Is that really egregious enough that it warrants a GAR? mftp dan oops 23:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
- @MFTP Dan: In my opinion this is atrocious, since a GA must have all its paragraphs with at least one reference for it to be verifiable. Also, as I said in the introduction, there is information that is not mentioned in the rest of the article, such as the virtual console. It is for these reasons that I put it in GAR. Although I don't know if you agree or not with my post, you tell me. 2801:1CA:E:1411:62C:D6C:9D57:C071 (talk) 18:38, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- This is not my area of expertise; however, I thought that video games had their own guidelines similar to films regarding the content inside the games? Maybe I'm wrong and you can show me something here. I agree the Virtual Console information should be discussed in the body, but that doesn't sound hard to fix and hardly a reason to open a whole reassessment. If I'm wrong about how sourcing works in these articles then maybe there's an argument for reassessment. mftp dan oops 19:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- @MFTP Dan: Maybe I can let the introduction go, but sections without references are a serious matter, since an article needs all its paragraphs to have sources so that the things said can be verified. 2801:1CA:E:1411:E1FF:58C0:8561:5933 (talk) 18:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- The only statements without a direct citation are in the plot section, which are assumed to be primary sourced to the media itself. -- ferret (talk) 23:40, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Ferret: Well no, the unreferenced paragraphs in sections like "Overworld", "Battle" and "Characters" are important to have a source to verify these things. And now that I look at it again it hasn't aged too badly. So if you can fix the problems I swear I'll rip the template out. What do you say? 2801:1CA:E:1411:50F5:5452:5E66:AC5E (talk) 20:43, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
- The only statements without a direct citation are in the plot section, which are assumed to be primary sourced to the media itself. -- ferret (talk) 23:40, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- @MFTP Dan: Maybe I can let the introduction go, but sections without references are a serious matter, since an article needs all its paragraphs to have sources so that the things said can be verified. 2801:1CA:E:1411:E1FF:58C0:8561:5933 (talk) 18:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- This is not my area of expertise; however, I thought that video games had their own guidelines similar to films regarding the content inside the games? Maybe I'm wrong and you can show me something here. I agree the Virtual Console information should be discussed in the body, but that doesn't sound hard to fix and hardly a reason to open a whole reassessment. If I'm wrong about how sourcing works in these articles then maybe there's an argument for reassessment. mftp dan oops 19:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- @MFTP Dan: In my opinion this is atrocious, since a GA must have all its paragraphs with at least one reference for it to be verifiable. Also, as I said in the introduction, there is information that is not mentioned in the rest of the article, such as the virtual console. It is for these reasons that I put it in GAR. Although I don't know if you agree or not with my post, you tell me. 2801:1CA:E:1411:62C:D6C:9D57:C071 (talk) 18:38, 23 September 2024 (UTC)