Talk:Master Sword/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: NegativeMP1 (talk · contribs) 17:29, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Will be reviewing this. If I don't get to this within a few days, mention me or leave a message on my talk page, this will be my first time reviewing a GAN. Will be trying to get to this as fast as possible, though. NegativeMP1 (talk) 17:30, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

General Comments
Since this is my first time reviewing a good article nomination, there could be a chance I miss a few small things, so if I do and realize it later, I'll be bold and fix it myself. Anyways, here is what I did notice.

First things first,


 * Earwig's Copyvio Detector does turn up a 46.2% chance of copyright violations, but most of these seem to just be detecting usage of "A Link to the Past" and/or a few quotes from an article about the development of said game. I could be wrong, but I am very confident this article does not have any copyright violations.
 * No cleanup banners.
 * No edit warring, nominator has been the only editor in the article for a while now.
 * No past GA nominations to take into account.
 * Article does not fail any of the quickfail criteria.

Alright, onto the actual review.


 * { Prose, grammar, and spelling
 * I don't see many issues here. The only thing I notice are some missing commas that can be easily fixed outside of a GAN. The article is intelligible, so pass on this part.


 * Does the article comply with MOS.
 * Add alt text to the images.
 * Add wikilinks to Hyrule Warriors and The Legend of Zelda in the body.
 * I believe this article follows MOS:LEDE, MOS:LAYOUT, MOS:WTW, MOS:WAF, as well as the WP:VG specific MOS. No embedded lists.


 * Checking ref, verifiability, and whether there is original research.
 * References section with a { {reflist} } template is in the article.
 * All references I checked verify the material they back up, don't believe any material is unsourced.
 * References 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30, 33-40, 44-46, 53-55, 60, and 61 have CS1 maint: url-status errors (using the url-status field when an archive url does not exist.)
 * To add to this, don't think this is necessary for a GAN, but consider archiving these URLs.
 * Already checked for copyvio.


 * Is the article is broad in its coverage.?
 * Not sure if Fi being specified at the top of the article is necessary from an average readers point of view (as for Zelda fans, I believe most pf them are already aware of the spirit inside the sword). It can stay and it won't hinder this review if it does, I'm just pointing it out.
 * The Master Sword has been in all mainline console games since A Link to the Past with the single exception of Majora's Mask, and most games overall except maybe the Four Sword games. I would replace "appeared in numerous other games in the series." with "appeared in most other games in the series."
 * If the Master Sword does something unique in Hyrule Warriors, maybe add a section talking about what it can do by the Age of Calamity part?


 * Is the article written in a neutral point of view?
 * I believe this article is WP:NPOV compliant.


 * Is the article stable?
 * As mentioned earlier, the nominator is the only editor of the article.


 * Checking the images.
 * Remove the image showing the close up of the Master Sword's blade. I have three reasons for this.
 * Labelled under Wikimedia Commons as "own work", which the Master Sword is copyrighted material of Nintendo, making this likely a copyright violation.
 * Viewer can easily see the Triforce on the Master Sword blade in the Infobox image.
 * The image is very, very long.
 * The infobox image, cosplay image, and the ALTTP illustration seem fine and should fall under fair use.

Final comments
There is not a whole lot of problems within the article that I was able to notice, so I will put this on hold for around a week, though I don't think these issues will take too long to fix. Great work so far. NegativeMP1 (talk) 01:40, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi thanks for reviewing the article. This is my first GAN and your comments have been really clear and helpful. I have worked through them, but let me know if I have missed anything:

Fieryninja (talk) 09:03, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Reduced the copyvio percentage to 44.4% by converting part of the quote in the development section to prose. Other things highlighted in Earwig are short phrases like "blade of evil's bane" only.
 * Added alt text to images
 * Added links to Hyrule Warriors and The Legend of Zelda in body
 * Fixed the CS1 maint: url-status errors (I'm not sure how to archive the urls)
 * Removed Fi from the top of the article
 * Changed sentence in the lede to "appeared in most other games in the series"
 * Removed the long image of the blade
 * I think the point about Age of Calamity is covered in Other media, no?
 * Alright, I think that's good enough for a pass, though for future reference you can archive URLs via the internet archive (there is probably a Wikipedia project page about how to do it but I don't know what it is if so). If I notice anything extra I'll fix it myself, passing this, good job
 * that's fantastic thank you. I'm so pleased with it. Fieryninja (talk) 15:32, 12 August 2023 (UTC)