Talk:Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)/GA2
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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 16:00, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
Wow, the jewel in the crown? I'll complete the review by the end of this week at the latest. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:00, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
- Is it reasonably well written?
- Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
- C. No original research:
- A. Has an appropriate reference section:
- Is it broad in its coverage?
- A. Major aspects:
- B. Focused:
- A. Major aspects:
- Is it neutral?
- Fair representation without bias:
- Fair representation without bias:
- Is it stable?
- No edit wars, etc:
- No edit wars, etc:
- 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:
- A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
- Overall:
- Pass or Fail:
- Pass or Fail:
Initial comments edit
Due to the toolserver being down, I'll have to focus on mainly copyediting issues in this review.
Lead edit
- "It was released in North America, Europe, and Australia" - if we're talking about regions/continents, would 'Australasia' apply?
- "an evil scientist named Dr. Robotnik who has imprisoned animals in robots" - perhaps into would work better, seeming as they're encased into robots
- "and uses novel physics techniques" - novel?
- The lead summarises the article well (though for full perfection I think that it could elaborate a little more on the development), so this meets the GA criteria.
Plot edit
Just curious here - I know that there is more of a meaning to the chaos emeralds. If memory serves me well didn't they have special powers or something? Didn't they turn Sonic into Super Sonic?
- Not until Sonic 2; in this game they just unlock the "good" ending. I've actually never gotten all of them in any game but Sonic 3, and that was only a few months ago so I could say I'd done it. Tezero (talk) 17:23, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
Gameplay edit
- "At the end of each zone's third act, the player confronts Dr. Robotnik, who pilots a vehicle, in a boss fight" - perhaps it's worth mentioning that all of his vehicles are unique
Development edit
- "the rotation effect of the special stages had been said to be impossible on the console." - by whom?
- "The game was finally released in the United States on June 23, 1991" - why finally? Was the game set back?
References edit
The tool server is currently down so I had to check the references manually. They all seem to be working properly and I couldn't find any that seemed unreliable (not for this topic). The citations are also in their correct places so this meets the GA criteria.
- Ref 63 is this a reliable source?
On hold edit
This is an amazing and generally well written article, definitely worthy of becoming GA. Just a few, minor prose issues stand in the way. If those could be addressed in order to improve readability then this should have no problem passing the GAN. I'll put this on hold for the standard seven days. Thanks, ☠ Jaguar ☠ 16:41, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
Close - promoted edit
Thanks for addressing those so fast, Tezero, the article now meets the GA criteria. If I recall correctly the chaos emeralds in the first Sonic acted more or less like bonus items. And how strange, Sonic 3 was the only one I got all of them too. Maybe that one was the easiest... anyway, the article is in good shape and is now a GA. Sonic 2, 3 and CD look like they are GA worthy too. ☠ Jaguar ☠ 17:29, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Erm, Jaguar, did you close everything correctly? It listed on my talk page and the GAN page as failed. Anyway, yeah, Sergecross has done a nice job keeping most of the pre-Adventure game articles in decent shape; I've thought about polishing them up and GANing but I'd like to do '06 first (trust me, there's a reason). Tezero (talk) 17:50, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Really? I have no idea how that happened, I closed it like I always do... strange how that should happen. I played Sonic '06 once and nearly lost the will to live! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 19:19, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- A bunch of the later ones - Colors, Generations, and 06 - have been improved and maintained by me too, FYI. Sergecross73 msg me 20:36, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
- Really? I have no idea how that happened, I closed it like I always do... strange how that should happen. I played Sonic '06 once and nearly lost the will to live! ☠ Jaguar ☠ 19:19, 19 October 2014 (UTC)