Talk:Alex Thach/GA1
Latest comment: 3 hours ago by Johnson524 in topic GA Review
GA Review
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Nominator: Johnson524 (talk · contribs) 04:59, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: LunaEclipse (talk · contribs) 23:50, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Hello! This is my first GA review, so I might do some missteps here and there. Trying to step out my comfort zone to see what works and what doesn't for me. I will start adding comments in a few days. lunaeclipse ⚧ (talk) 23:50, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- @LunaEclipse: Thank you so much for taking up this review! I hope you at very least find the article an interesting read. Cheers from North Carolina 😁 Johnson524 00:34, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
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Prose & formatting
edit- 1a.
- Prose is well-written, and does not have any issues with spelling or grammar. Only issue is that "Summoning Satan" is not title case for some reason.
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- Prose is well-written, and does not have any issues with spelling or grammar. Only issue is that "Summoning Satan" is not title case for some reason.
- 1b.
- No MOS issues with the lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and/or lists.
- No MOS issues with the lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and/or lists.
Verifiability
edit- 2a.
- No issues with ref formatting.
- 2b.
- Here's where this becomes a bit tricky. You've cited aGameScout's YouTube video on Thach to "stay true to the original source". However, the use of this video violates Wikipedia's guideline on self-published sources: "Never use self-published sources as third-party sources about living people, even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer." The best course of action would be to rather rely on the more reliable sources that reference the video.
- Same thing for maxout.gg. It's community run so that guideline also applies to that website.
- Done
- Thatch's videos, however, should be fine per WP:SELFSOURCE as they're not third party sources and contain uncontroversial self descriptions.
- CTM website gets a pass as it's just verifying his positions in the Tetris tournaments Thach participated in.
- Tetris Interest is a fan blog, making it unreliable. Either find another source to replace it or remove the source and its supporting statements altogether.
- Done
- I'd recommend using the original GamesRadar source as the Inkl URL leads a mirror page.
- Done
- 2c.
- Original research in the part about him mastering rolling, the technique itself, Thach's ethnicity, and the history of hypertapping.
- 2d.
- Earwig returned a 7.4% similarity. Pass.
- Earwig returned a 7.4% similarity. Pass.
Broadness
edit- 3a.
- Covers his life, career, and playing style. IMO, I think it's enough to pass.
- 3b.
- Article does not steer off-topic and focuses on Thach specifically. Pass.
Neutrality
edit- 4.
- No bias towards any of the parties mentioned in the article, pass.
Stability
edit- 5.
- No edit disputes in the last 14 days, pass.
Media
edit- 6a.
- All images in the article are freely licensed. Pass.
- 6b.
- Images are used and captioned appropriately. Pass.
@Johnson524: I will put this article on hold for the time being. The article is in good shape, but has some issues with verifiability.lunaeclipse ⚧ (talk) 21:07, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not the nominator but tried to remove a bit of YouTube research from the article where possible. However I'm not familiar enough with the topic to do a more comprehensive removal of the YouTube/Maxout.gg sources. The input of the original nominator @Johnson524 would be useful at this point. StewdioMACK (talk) 08:26, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- @LunaEclipse: OK, minus a little more removal of the aGameScout source, all of your listed improvements are complete 🙂 I did ask for clarification on one of the things you said above if you could take a look at that. Sorry for the three day delay, life got really busy for a moment, but I should respond quickly to any new feedback now its the weekend. Thank you for your review and patience, and thank you @StewdioMACK: for helping out a bit too. Cheers! Johnson524 15:58, 6 September 2024 (UTC)