Talk:Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

Latest comment: 4 years ago by Abryn in topic GA Reassessment
Former good articlePokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire was one of the Video games good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
October 6, 2010WikiProject peer reviewReviewed
October 15, 2010Good article nomineeListed
December 24, 2019Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Wikiproject: Video games assessment

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Overall, the article is an easy pass for B-Class, so I thought I'd point out some quick potential GAN issues instead:

Great work! --Teancum (talk) 13:02, 6 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

Thankya for the kind words and the assessment. I'd follow up on your favour, but I must depart. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 20:06, 6 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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Well-written-Passes

Factually accurate and verifiable-The gameplay section is skimping on references but all of it seems consistent with a pinball game, no really controversial thoughts presented there. And there are a couple of things missing for references, I'll mention them below.

Broad in its coverage- Development is a bit small, but I don't believe that you could even find that much for as an obscure (though notable) game as this. Passes

Neutral- Passes

Stable- Passes

References

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  1. 6 needs a title and an accessdate
  2. 14 needs a publisher (It is Edge but I believe it should be stated separately).
  3. 15 needs a publisher as well
  4. 19 needs an author and date of publication.
  5. 20 goes to the second page of the article, needs to specify that.
  6. 33 needs a publication date
  7. 34 needs a publisher
  8. 35 needs a publication date

I'm putting this on hold merely for the references, other than that, i've been able to learn a great deal from this article. Reviewer: Subzerosmokerain (talk) 21:32, 15 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

Accomplished all but 15 and 33; with 15, unless I'm mistaken, Ziff-Davis is the publisher for 15, and with 33, the date is January 1, 2000, which is a placeholder date considering the game's release date. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 21:58, 15 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Well, Larry Flynt publishes Tips and Tricks, so i'm not going to get you on 15. And with 33, I've looked at it and considering your logic about the release date, i'm going to let that slide. Good work on the article, didn't think an article could become GA this fast. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 22:04, 15 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the compliments and the speedy review! Glad to have my first Pokémon-related GA. :> - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 22:19, 15 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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GA Reassessment

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This page was nominated back in 2010, and I do not feel it meets the GA criteria by any means now. Even just briefly skimming through the article I notice plenty of things that make this fail the criteria.

  1. The gameplay section has absolutely zero sourcing and a nice "additional citations needed for verification" template to go with it
  2. Noticeable lack of any kind of development section
  3. Uses unreliable sources, such as GameFAQs
  4. The reception section is a complete mess. It's just a hashed-together laundry list of "[x] said [y]" with barely any attempt at trying to weave them into sentences.
  5. The page was also filed under Sports & Recreation, which doesn't make any sense.

This article does not meet the criteria, and as such I vote to delist. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 20:37, 24 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Wait, you disagree with the instructions, or you disagree that the instructions mandate informing editors involved in the article? - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 23:52, 27 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

  • No, I disagree with having to specifically notify the editor about the page and just delay the entire process when I should just be reassessing it. This discussion is going nowhere, the page has already been delisted, and I have better things to do with my time. This is the end of the discussion for me. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 23:54, 27 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
    • @Namcokid47: Every time, 100% of the time, when you nominate an article for reassessment, you HAVE to tell the involved editors. I'm not talking about it being mandated to inform people of quality issues, I'm telling you that it is courteous. But I am telling you that it is incredibly improper that, twice in a row, you have failed to inform me that you nominated an article for reassessment that I nominated for GA. If you fail to inform me of a GAR again, I will be informing an administrator. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 23:57, 27 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
    • Abryn has a point. Point 3 of WP:GAR (before initiating a reassessment) states: Notify major contributors to the article and the relevant Wikiprojects. Remember, the aim is not to delist the article, but to fix it. Point 5 of WP:GAR (The instructions for individual reassessment) also states: Notify major contributing editors, relevant WikiProjects for the article, and, if recently GA reviewed, the nominator and the reviewer. The {{GARMessage}} template can be used for notifications by placing {{subst:GARMessage|ArticleName|page=n}} ~~~~ on user talk pages. Replace ArticleName with the name of the article and n with the subpage number of the reassessment page you just created. I am suprised how quickly this article got delisted, we need to give contributors time to fix outstanding issues to GA articles.  Spy-cicle💥  Talk? 01:14, 28 December 2019 (UTC)Reply