Talk:The Crew Motorfest

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:45, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that The Crew Motorfest takes place in Oʻahu, the same place as the first two Test Drive Unlimited games which were previously worked on by some of the same developers? Source: [1] and [2]
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  • Comment: If someone has any idea to word the hook better then feel free to tell me. Also, I'm including DecafPotato as an additional author since they helped me write a decent amount of this article.

Created by Blaze Wolf (talk) and DecafPotato (talk). Nominated by Blaze Wolf (talk) at 15:25, 3 February 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Crew Motorfest, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Newly created article about a video game. The article is long enough and sourced throughout. ALT0 is a bit confusing but makes sense when reading the article. It would have to be reworded to indicate what Ivory Tower is. I guess, instead of which were previously worked on by the director of Ivory Tower?, say which were previously worked on by the some of the same developers? QPQ is not needed as Blaze Wolf and DecafPotato have three DYK credits combined between them. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

  @Muboshgu: I like that. Sounds much better to me. Feel free to use that. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 02:27, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

We aren't allowed to request DYK dates based on commercial releases, but in the case of this "upcoming" video game, it would be helpful to know when the game will finally be published, because at the moment this article is mainly written in future tense and relies too heavily on the vendor as a source, making it arguably too WP:PROMOTIONAL. Once the game is released, there will be reviews and more independent secondary sources we will be able to cite in the article. In any case I'm uncomfortable with this article going to the main page as is, but perhaps this can all be rectified in the near future. Cc: @Blaze Wolf, DecafPotato, and Muboshgu: Do we know? Cielquiparle (talk) 05:29, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

@Cielquiparle: Hello Ciel! I was somehow not notified of your ping. As far as I'm aware a release date for the game is not known, however the game not being released yet hasn't been an issue before. WP:PROMOTIONAL isn't a concern as far as I'm aware as long as the article and DYK hooks are neutrally worded, which they are. Take Need for Speed Unbound for example, it was unreleased when it was promoted to the main page (albeit the release date was known at that point). ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:23, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

@Blaze Wolf: Would you consider withdrawing this nomination for now and re-submitting this article after the product is released and reviewed, and the article reaches GA? At the moment, the article relies too heavily on the vendor as the main source for information (which is frowned upon for example at AfD), plus rumor and speculation, which triggers WP:CRYSTALBALL and WP:RUMOR. In any case, I can't support promoting this article to the main page at this time, but I would be happy to take another look once the product is released; otherwise it is just one of many games under development and could turn out to be vaporware (although it seems unlikely). Cielquiparle (talk) 11:10, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Cielquiparle: I would much rather not withdraw the nomination. I put a pretty decent amount of time into this article and I'd much rather not have it be wasted just because the game is unreleased. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 12:09, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Blaze Wolf: I just wanted to say, the time and effort you put in to the article is appreciated, and I wouldn't consider it "wasted" if it didn't run on DYK prior to product release. As I was saying before, the article would still be eligible for nomination when it reaches GA. (But side note: It cannot run twice at DYK.) Cielquiparle (talk) 13:12, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Cielquiparle: It honestly feels like you don't want to approve it solely because the game isn't released yet, despite that not being something that would hold back a DYK considering I got a DYK for another article I created, Need for Speed Unbound, before the game released. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:15, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Blaze Wolf: Exactly. Personally I don't feel like defending this one all the way to the main page if/when we get complaints. But there may very well be other editors who are willing to, so let's leave it to them to review, approve, promote, and send to Queue. If I thought it was an outright fail, I would have rejected it. This one to me seems borderline; I still say the article would have been stronger and better timed once the product was available. Cielquiparle (talk) 18:24, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Another side note is that just because an article was approved for DYK previously, doesn't always mean it was the right decision. We do sometimes get it wrong. If a major problem is found, the article can get pulled from the main page, which is always unfortunate. The standards have also seem to have changed a lot over the years. I think it's important to look at each article on a case-by-case basis, just like we would at AfD. Cielquiparle (talk) 22:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Need a new reviewer to restore green tick. Cielquiparle (talk) 12:16, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

• I'm not excited about the hook. Basically it says, "The third one in a series takes place in the same location as the first two, and some of the same people worked on them all". I don't see anything interesting there. Perhaps with some other hook suggestions this might seem more interesting. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:13, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

@RoySmith: No...? The Crew is a completely separate series from Test Drive. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:49, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

OK, so it's "One game takes place in the same location as two other games, and some of the same people worked on them all". That still doesn't pique my interest. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:03, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Hmm... alright. I'll see if I can come up with something else. It's plenty interesting to me but I understand where you're coming from. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:30, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Reading through the article, my suggestion is to wait for the game to be released and see what the reviews say. My guess is that'll give you some better hook material. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:13, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Probably. I"ll see if there have been any new sources since I created the article that might have better hook material, otherwise I guess I"ll have to wait. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:57, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Blaze Wolf, RoySmith, this nomination can't wait indefinitely. It's already been over two months since it was nominated, and one more month is about all that it would be reasonable to wait. If the game hasn't been released by then and a better hook hasn't been found, this will probably have to close. Something to keep in mind... BlueMoonset (talk) 03:34, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

• I don't see a path forward for this nomination unfortunately. I have to agree with the sentiments above that it isn't a great hook, and I have to add that the hook doesn't really attract intrigue if you aren't familiar with the Test Drive Unlimited games. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:29, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

The crew motor fest PvP racing

I used to enjoy playing the PVP races on The Crew2 and the motorfest but now or you do is get rammed no one breaks they just RAM into you Mufc29 (talk) 18:42, 15 April 2024 (UTC)