Talk:Power Drive Rally/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Vrxces (talk · contribs) 05:08, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Will take this one on as discussed earlier. Thanks for your patience! ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 05:08, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Please find some comments below. Feel free to cross them out as you go, there's not that much. I will do a spot check on some of the sources when I can to wrap up the GAN assessment when I can. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 05:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Review
Does the article conform to the general standards of WP:VG articles including the WP:MOS? ✅ Pretty much by the book.

Is the article generally well-written? ✅ The quality of writing is great and above-average for GANs. I appreciate the concision. No issues from what I can see.

Is the article broad enough in its coverage? ✅ Absolutely. The article has a significant coverage of review sources and a sizable amount of sourcing on the development and release for the game.

Do the sources cited verify the text in the article? TBC. Some articles are WP:OFFLINE so I will need to do some digging.

Are media and links properly attributed and do not have copyright issues? ✅ Stock-standard non-free use templates are used correctly for images. Best practice is to explain why the image is needed for illustration, but as a general gameplay screenshot this is unlikely to be needed.
 * ✅ -- I included two missing paragraphs into the summary infobox of the gameplay image file. Roberth Martinez (talk) 17:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Any other personal opinions or miscellaneous feedback that may or may not be relevant to the nomination? Yes, some include:


 * For the headline, things could be cleared up a little: Hall's composition of Millennium Soldier seems trivial and not necessary information for the headline.  Given VideoGames is not a notable industry accolade, it is probably not significant enough to include in the headline.
 * ✅ -- I removed the two paragraphs from the headline section. Roberth Martinez (talk) 17:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)


 * For the reviews, please note: best practice as per WP:VG/REC really is to try and distil the paragraphs by thematic topics rather than as a list of summarised reviews: i.e. gameplay, graphics, sound, and so on. This is quite prescriptive and the section is well-written as-is so I'm not sure this is necessary for the GAN, but something to note for future or FAC. I also note that for older games there is much more to uniquely write about in discrete categories.
 * Okay, i'll try keeping that advice for future GAs from my part. Roberth Martinez (talk) 17:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)


 * There really isn't much else. This is very well-written. Great work.
 * I got around and did changes in regards to your inquiries. Is there anything else that needs to be changed? Let me know! Roberth Martinez (talk) 17:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll check the citations shortly when I can and flag any issues, but otherwise I don't see anything that should really be an obstruction to the GAN. Appreciate your patience - keep you posted. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 07:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey there! Sorry for bothering you right now but do you plan to review the sources in the PDR article this weekend? Just curious. Roberth Martinez (talk) 23:04, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up, I can do that this afternoon. Thanks again for your patience - been a wild week. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 23:38, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * No problem! My week has been equally crazy as with my job X( Roberth Martinez (talk) 23:44, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Mood. Had to move house so it's been an interesting time! Anyway I should have a few hours free a little later this afternoon to finalise the GAN. Otherwise I recall that article being solid as is so shouldn't take long. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 23:52, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * All done. Quick last question: How do you know the blog transcription of the Laskey article is for the specifically referenced issue of Atari World? ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 07:19, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I had a hunch that the transcripted review (1) of the game by Iain Laskey on his personal website was published somewhere, as i had seen his name previously when reading the available ST Format magazine issues online. Then it came to my mind that Atari World did review Jaguar games so i decided to look up if it came from there and sure enough, this issue of Atari World (2) is where that review came from. Roberth Martinez (talk) 17:05, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Fantastic. That's all from me. Great work on this article! ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 21:19, 23 March 2024 (UTC)