Talk:Eve Online/Archive 6

Failed
Without even reading the article, I'm able to fail this on grounds of being in Category:Articles with unsourced statements and for having no fair use rationale for the images. Please read WP:GA? and make sure basic problems such as these are fixed before nominating for GA.--SeizureDog 15:36, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you SeizureDog, I have already started actioning the items you highlighted, if anyone else has any interpretations on the success or not of a future GA please let me know. -- Richard Slater ( Talk to me! ) 19:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Merger
I notice this article still does not mention the merger with White Wolf Publishing. It seems important as it was stated in the press release that both companies would be working together on projects for Eve Online. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.204.201.206 (talk • contribs).
 * The merger is not mentioned in the EVE Online article as so far any commentary on the merger affecting the game or not would be speculation. The merger was documented on both the CCP hf and the White Wolf, Inc articles when the information was released. -- Richard Slater ( Talk to me! ) 10:44, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

citation problem
Citation #24 "alliances band together to bring down capital ship production outfit" requires registration in order to read. I believe this is against wikipedia policy, and is inconvienient regardess. Harley peters 03:45, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * That whole paragraph in that section of the article is more than a little contentious myself and a number of editors have removed it altogether in the past, while I believe it is plausible the citations often rely on "inside knowledge". Believe it or not the reference to the news article is the best form we have. I will get in contact with CCP, and see if there is a mechanism where non-registered users can see that news item. I believe that the polices say that requiring logins should be avoided, then again it is little different from citing a scientific journal or a newspaper that would require you to subscribe to an on-line database or buy the journal/newspaper. I will have another look tonight to see if I can improve the situation. -- Richard Slater ( Talk to me! ) 08:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Looking into this further WP:REF does not mention the requirement to provide references that are freely accessable, as that would prevent the use of anything that is behind a username and password (Online Newspapers, Electronic Journals, eBooks, etc.) as well as technicaly preventing usage of paper based materials (as there is often a cost associated, even if it is only the cost of printing). WP:EL does contain the following rules:


 * "Links to sites that require payment to view the relevant content."
 * "Sites that are inaccessible to a substantial number of users, such as sites that only work with a specific browser."


 * This I believe may explain the confusion over this matter. In summary I see no reason why citation number 24 is against Wikipedia policy. -- Richard Slater ( Talk to me! ) 22:12, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * While I agree with Rick on this one, I DO think we should attempt to find free sources for all the information that we get. If someone that feels strongly about this would like to give it the 'ole college try, I would greatly appreciate it. -Xander the Potato Vanquisher 14:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Images
CCP hf has agreed to re-licence the screen shots in this Wikipedia article as GFDL, this means that we don't run in to any fair use issues. If you want to add further screen shots to the article I would be happy to arrange this with CCP, alternativly please contact someone with a WP:OTRS account (-- [[User:Richard Slater|Richard Slater] ( Talk to me! ) 22:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Advancement (inc. Specialization and Training Time)
I have moved the Specialization and Training Time into the Advancement section as they both relate to skils specificly. The section now needs a clean up as it is bloated, contains Weasel Words and does not cite its sources. -- Richard Slater ( Talk to me! ) 22:00, 17 December 2006 (UTC)