Talk:The Game (rapper)/GA1

GA Reassessment

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GA Sweeps: On Hold

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing Sweeps to determine if the article should remain a Good article. I believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. However, in reviewing the article, I have found there are several issues that need to be addressed. I have already made minor corrections to the article, but have included issues below that I believe need to be addressed for the article to remain a GA.

Needs inline citations:

1. "Even at this early stage in his career, he was embroiled in rap feuds associated with G-Unit, including those with Joe Budden, Ja Rule, Benzino and Memphis Bleek."
2. "The Game responded on his website, saying that if Suge Knight had ever touched him, he would be "six feet under"."
3. "The Game stated on his Black Wall Street website that he dislikes Suge Knight because of "the lives he has endangered"."
4. "Although Suge Knight did not attend, he and The Game declared their feud over."
5. "On the single "Westside Story", The Game raps that "I don't do button-up shirts or drive maybachs", which was perceived as being directed towards Jay-Z, though The Game stated it was directed toward Ja Rule."
6. "During his U.S. LAX Tour in late 2008, The Game first announced plans on a new album, dismissing earlier reports that LAX was supposed to be his last album: "I'm not gonna' lie to y'all, I'm in the studio secretly working on my fourth album.""
7. "A portion of the proceeds of the shoe are donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina."
8. "He has posted a video on YouTube inviting fellow online players to play him in Madden NFL 09, and to "Get your ass whipped.""
9. The entire awards section is unsourced.

Other issues:

1. The lead needs to be expanded to better summarize the article. Try and touch on each section mentioned in the article. See WP:LEAD for guidelines.
2. "It was then that he started fully embracing street life and turned towards selling drugs and gang banging." Explain "street life", as readers unaware of the topic may not know what it is. Add a relevant wikilink if possible, as well as for "gang banging".
3. "On The Game's album Doctor's Advocate, he says the beef is over on a few of the songs." Reword "beef", or if it is a direct quote, then add quotation marks. Fix the other occurrences in the following sections.
4. "In an interview Young Buck said he was aware of The Game's support and said that is real love because Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo did not reached out to him." Reword, but if quote, again add quotation marks.
5. "He is also working on getting his own label, The Black Wall Street Records, signed to a distribution label." Has this already occurred, or is this still ongoing?
6. "The two later tried to bury the hatchet due to a personal friend and even recorded a song together named "Peace"." Reword "bury the hatchet".
7. "On February 5, 2009, he Game, who 50 Cent has a long-standing "beef" with, called up Seattle's KUBE 93 Radio Station. When asked about the beef between 50 Cent and Rick Ross, The Game sided with 50 Cent and said that things are not looking good for Rick Ross. However, he offered to help Rick Ross get out of this situation, stating "Rick Ross, holla at your boy, man," and, "50 eating you, boy."" This would benefit from being reworded.
8. "He recently stated that his upcoming album would be called The R.E.D. Album." Clarify when "recently" was.
9. "In 2006, he made his film debut in Waist Deep as a character named "Big Meat" and has been filming at least two more movies." What other two movies?
10. "In August 2007, The Game and an entourage of 12 including Omarion performed a concert in Luanda, Angola with two dates on August 11 and August 12 at the Atlantico Cinema produced by Casa Blanca company." Single sentences shouldn't stand alone. Either expand on this statement or incorporate into another paragraph.
11. "The Game announced that he was engaged to actress and model Valeisha Butterfield, the daughter of U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield." When was this announced?
12. "The five officers involved in the incident ended up suing The Game for defamation,[63] which has yet to be taken to court." Any updates on this?
13. Some of the inline citations are improperly formatted, lacking title, author, date, access date, etc. Fix all occurrences. I don't believe that Twitter is considered a reliable source, so replace it if possible. If there's somewhere here that points out that Twitter is a RS, please point me to the discussion.
14. There are a few dead links that need to be fixed. Use the Internet Archive to help you fix them.

If the above issue is addressed, I believe the article can remain a GA. I will leave the article on hold for seven days, but if progress is being made and an extension is needed, one may be given. If no progress is made, the article may be delisted, which then can later be renominated at WP:GAN. I will contact the main contributors of the article and its related WikiProjects to ease the workload. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 22:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

GA Sweeps: Delisted

Unfortunately, since none of the issues were fixed, I have regrettably delisted the article according to the requirements of the GA criteria. If the remaining issues are fixed, consider renominating the article at WP:GAN. With a little work, especially with a collaboration among the multiple WikiProjects, it should have no problems getting back up to GA status. If you disagree with this review, you can seek an alternate opinion at Good article reassessment. If you have any questions let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 06:39, 9 June 2009 (UTC)