Talk:Far Cry 3/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) 16:44, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning on reviewing this article for GA Status, over the next couple of days. Thank you for nominating the article for GA status. I hope I will learn some new information, and that my feedback is helpful.

If nominators or editors could refrain from updating the particular section that I am updating until it is complete, I would appreciate it to remove a edit conflict. Please address concerns in the section that has been completed above (If I've raised concerns up to references, feel free to comment on things like the lede.)

I generally provide an overview of things I read through the article on a first glance. Then do a thorough sweep of the article after the feedback is addressed. After this, I will present the pass/failure. I will use strikethrough tags when concerns are met. Even if something is obvious why my concern is met, please leave a message as courtesy.

Best of luck! you can also use the {{done}} tag to state when something is addressed. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)}

Please let me know after the review is done, if you were happy with the review! Obviously this is regarding the article's quality, however, I want to be happy and civil to all, so let me know if I have done a good job, regardless of the article's outcome.

Immediate Failures

• It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria - ✓ Pass Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:46, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
• It contains copyright infringements - ✓ Pass Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:46, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
• It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include{{cleanup}}, {{POV}}, {{unreferenced}} or large numbers of {{citation needed}}, {{clarify}}, or similar tags. (See also {{QF-tags}}). - ✓ Pass Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:46, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
• It is not stable due to edit warring on the page. -✓ Pass Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:46, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Links

Prose

Lede

• The lede mentions Rooks Island. It should mention it's a fictional place. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• No Caption in infobox? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• partially restarted in 2010 - from when? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• as well as video games - are video games not media? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• Michael Mando was hired to portray Vaas, a character the team compared to Darth Vader. - should mention he's the antagonist. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• nearly 10 million copies of the game were sold - until when? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

General prose

• link archipelago. It's hardly a common word. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• GamesRadar, Polygon, Gianpaolo Venuta, Michael Mando fast travel and first-person shooter are all duplinks. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• As skills are collected, the tribal tattoo - probably "a tribal tattoo". Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• A few " In the game" sentences, as opposed to what? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• A patch was later released to allow players to reset outposts.[17] - is this important to the gameplay? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• spontaneous events may occur - probably needs a reword. ALl events are sponteneous. Probably something like unscripted etc. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• It's weird that the plot has the ending where the friends are released is not the final part of the prose, as it's probably the better ending? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• Ubisoft confirmed that the game had gone gold - "gone gold" is a poor set of words. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• It was made available for standalone purchase on June 26, 2018.[82] - should probably say that the re-release gold edition was made available. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• Reception needs a little work. I feel that it's structured ok, but we usually have some sort of overview at the start of a reception.This one seems to just fly into reviewers comments. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• The game's preorder sales were below Ubisoft's expectations - no comments on what Ubisoft wanted? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• As the US is the bigger market, it should be mentioned first in sales. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
• I feel the expansion Blood Dragon needs more emphasis in the legacy section. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Notes & References

GA Review

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments

• Automated note - If you fancy returning the favour, I have outstanding GA nominations that require reviewing at WP:GAN. I'd be very grateful if you were to complete one of these, however it's definately not manditory. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)}
• I have made some comments above, see what you think, and I'll place on hold. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:10, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
  • @OceanHok: Courtesy ping to the nom, who hasn't edited yet in 2020 and may not be aware that a review started. -- ferret (talk) 15:07, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
    • I will look into the issues in the coming days. I just went for a holiday in the first week of 2020. Thanks for the review! OceanHok (talk) 09:56, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
      • @Lee Vilenski: - I have fixed most of the issues you have raised. I think the lesser popular ending should be put in the end instead. I have added more about Blood Dragon in the release section instead. There is no data as to what Ubisoft wanted for the game's pre-order sales. Thank you once again! OceanHok (talk) 03:51, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
        • Yeah, it was a pretty good article, there wasn't much to pick fault at. I'll pass this one now Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:41, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

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