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This is a personal template to provide advice in the course of completing a content assessment or reassessment for the WikiProject for video games. It's not a part of the project itself. For formal guidance when creating and editing articles under this project, please consult the project’s content assessment guide and manual of style. The template can be found here.
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Overall
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The article is a basic description of the subject matter that has limited to no structure against the manual of style. |
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The article contains meaningful content about the subject matter, and is supported by some citations and multiple sections, but falls short in form and content under the manual of style. |
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The article generally meets the form of the manual of style but has minor issues, such as gaps in its content or missing elements, or requires greater editing to assist in clarity, balance and flow. |
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The article clearly meets the form of the manual of style and has well-written, suitably referenced and properly cited content that clearly covers the main aspects of the subject matter in summary style. |
Layout
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The article has a layout with sections that conforms to all the foundational sections of the manual of style. |
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The article has sections that generally conforms to the standard layout under the manual of style, but is ordered incorrectly or potentially missing sections that may help improve the article. |
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The article does not have a layout with sections that meet the manual of style. |
Lead section
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The article's lead section conforms with the manual of style. |
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The lead section mostly conforms with the manual of style, but the opening sentence misses key details and/or the paragraph does not summarize the content of the article. |
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The article's lead section does not conform to the manual of style, such as lacking a concise summary of facts such as the year, developer, producer, genre and/or format. |
Infobox
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The article contains an appropriate infobox. |
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The article contains an infobox, but is not formatted correctly or is missing basic information. |
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The article does not contain an infobox. |
Gameplay
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The article contains an accessible description of gameplay that minimizes jargon and avoids excessive trivial details. |
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The article contains a description of gameplay, but is either insufficient to cover a clear description of the game or has excessive or trivial details. |
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The article does not contain an adequate description of the gameplay. |
Screenshot and cover art
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The article contains a screenshot and cover art for the game. |
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The article does not contain both a screenshot and cover art for the game. |
Plot
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The article contains a plot section of appropriate length, from an external perspective, focused on describing the key events in a playthrough of the game. |
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The article contains a plot section that may have issues, such as being incomplete or having excessive length, or an inappropriate tone. |
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The article does not contain a plot section where one may be useful. |
Development
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The article contains a development section that is focused on the design and release of the game. |
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The article contains a development section that be incomplete, have trivial details, or focused on minor milestones such as announcements or trailers. |
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The article does not contain a development section, where one may or may not be useful depending on the availability of reliable sources. |
Reception
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The article contains a reception section that is concise and organized, and supported by a reviews aggregator score and ratings template where appropriate. |
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The article's reception section has issues, such as insufficient content, clutter in the section, overuse of direct quotations, undue weight or trivia. The article may also benefit from a review aggregator score and ratings template if appropriate. |
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The article does not contain a reception section or lacks substantial content in the section. |
Sources
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The article's content is consistently sourced by several independent reliable secondary sources that are cited correctly. |
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The article contains reliable sources, but the article's content is poorly or unevenly cited, is heavy on primary sources, or the sources are inconsistently formatted. |
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The article has no or few reliable sources, which may raise potential concerns with its notability or reliability. |