Talk:BattleSphere

Isn't almost this entire article uncited conjecture
From the rewrite I've seen, almost all the article now consists of is one authors uncited history of this game. It's full of unreferenced points, now even added as notes, e.g. the Thunderbird mention, It's based on Babylon 5 ships, it's production was limited due to a shortage of components etc. Where are all these sourced????

It's screaming WP:or to me. StraightDown (talk) 08:05, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

I should also say, after reading the few citations there are, to the FAQ and development log, almost all the text has been copied into this article and so risks copyright infringement charges. StraightDown (talk) 18:11, 21 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Most of the stuff mentioned such as the production of the carts was here even before i joined Wikipedia. I've tried my best to find most of the sources that talked about a specific stuff about BattleSphere before the rewrite but without luck. The notes are added as to pinpoint what exactly is referrencing the game based on the official FAQ by the game's website, since this was a group project of only three people in the span of +4 years developed with their own money. The note about the storyline was the most difficult one, as i had to literally search every Star Trek episode in order to find which one was the game's storyline based on (alongside which Arthur C. Clarke story took inspiration Star Trek as well). The other references are taken from in-game such as Futurama (in fact, the whole game feels like a huge loveletter to sci-fi stuff that the creators liked from what i've seen and played so far), so i don't believe the rewrite is a complete copypaste of the sources and it's not WP:OR in the slightest. I don't believe any of the team would throw a legal action to the article, since the team has moved on from the project and they prefer to forget about the game, in my opinion. So, all of the sources, including the one by magazine publications are invalid? I don't think so... KGRAMR (talk) 23:16, 23 April 2018 (UTC)


 * If anybody can make the article more brief then feel welcome to do so! I did a draft physically and passed it on computer before putting them on Wikipedia + sources, so in other words, it's not a copypaste. I did tried my best though... KGRAMR (talk) 17:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

While it is referenced in the article much of the text appears to have been copied and pasted in from the FAQ. E.g. the races StraightDown (talk) 23:53, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The first person who posted the whole backstory of the races was the one with the IP 78.92.175.140 as it can be seen here: [1] KGRAMR (talk) 19:50, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

The One
User:KGRAMR, per WikiProject Video games/Reference library/The One there was a review for this game in The One #33 if you want to make use of that, and I found a link: https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-33 and http://amr.abime.net/issue_316 73.168.15.161 (talk) 22:05, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've checked out the links you posted but unfortunately, there's nothing in regards to BattleSphere here, though you can post some of the reviews for the games from the magazine into their respective articles :) Do The Math (talk) 22:27, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * User:KGRAMR, you're right, the archive.org link is incomplete and missing the reviews! However, if you go here: http://amr.abime.net/issue_316_pages and click on page 103, you'll be in business. :) 73.168.15.161 (talk) 23:14, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I saw the link already and although it has a similar title, both Jaguar BattleSphere and Virtuality Battlesphere are completely different titles altogether and years apart from each other so, it doesn't count. Although you could create an article dedicated to Virtuality Battlesphere :) Do The Math (talk) 23:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Ahh... my bad! :) 73.168.15.161 (talk) 23:31, 15 September 2018 (UTC)