Talk:Ninja Theory/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Anarchyte (talk · contribs) 09:41, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

I'll do this. Anarchyte (work | talk) 09:41, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

Lead

• Given there are multiple places called Cambridge, perhaps writing "Cambridge, England" (or United Kingdom, as done in #History) would be better.
• The project was not a commercial success → The game failed to be a commercial success. This way we don't have "project" being repeated within 2 words.
• You mention the success (or lack thereof) of every game mentioned besides DmC. How about and DmC: Devil May Cry, a [successful/unsuccessful/well received/etc] game whose design was highly controversial...

History

• Tameem Antoniades is linked in the caption but nowhere else. His article redirects back here, so the link should be removed.
• Write "United Kingdom" instead of "UK".
• had three staff but had no money → had three staff but no money
• highly stylized. What does this mean? Does this mean gamers preferred realistic games over magic or sci-fi? I'm not quite sure.
• licensed version of Unreal Engine. Do we need to say it was licensed? Without their own technology, the team used Unreal Engine
• unprofitable, the team needed. "the team" is used quite often. Change this instance to "they" or "Ninja Theory".
• small budget, the team did not and mental illness and psychosis, the team consulted professional. Same as above.

Philosophy

• less risky. Not sure about this phrase. Is it possible to reword it?
• Merge the last two sentences of the first paragraph. They discuss the same idea.
• helped enhance the game as an experience → helped enhance the experience

Games developed

• I went ahead and capitalised "as" here.
• I'm not sure if the company names should be in italics. Neither names are ever in italics anywhere else.

References

• None of the references have correct publisher parameters.
• Ref 11 needs IGN to be under |work or |website rather than |publisher.
• Rock, Paper, Shotgun needs to be linked in ref35.
• Gameindustry.biz is a redirect, but I don't see any harm in linking it either.
• None of the references are archived. Optional, but it's always nice to have GAs with archived links.

Miscellaneous comments

• I've left a message on the talk page of the admin who protected the page with a request to unprotect it. However, they haven't edited in a month so if I don't get a response I may unprotect it myself to see if any vandalism follows. This will have no bearing on the GA review, just thought I'd let the lead contributor know. Anarchyte (work | talk) 09:50, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

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Overall review

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

   B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail: (Passed)

@AdrianGamer: Fantastic work with this article. I managed to find a few errors, which I've pointed out above. Once those are fixed I see no reason to not pass this. Anarchyte (work | talk) 07:39, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

@Anarchyte: - Thanks for the review! I think I have fixed most of the issues you have raised. Let me know if I have missed any. I will archive the sources when I have time later. AdrianGamer (talk) 07:58, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

@AdrianGamer: Great! I went through and changed American English to British English (per the talk). As having references archived is not an actual criterion, there is no reason to not pass this now. I will add the publisher parameters myself in just a moment. Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:05, 24 June 2018 (UTC)