Talk:Second generation of video game consoles/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Namcokid47 (talk · contribs) 15:28, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

This one has been sitting in the nominations list for a while, so I'll take a look at it. It's rather long so it might take me a little bit, but I'll promise to have it done in like the next day or two (maybe earlier). Namcokid47 (talk) 15:28, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

After looking at the article, I don't feel like it's up to snuff to pass as a GA at the moment. The writing seems good, as do the pictures, but the references need a lot of work before it can pass.
 * 1) Refs 1, 3, 4, 16, 20, 44, 45, 67, 68, 69, 74, 75, 88, 89 and 100 do not look reliable
 * Removed and replaced with other sources ✅  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Many of these are missing authors or dates. Ref 96 is a good example. -Warshaw, "Core Memory"- what is this? A book? A news article?
 * I think I've filled in everything that I can. ✅  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) All instances of "www.gamasutra.com" should be changed to Gamasutra, as that's their actual name
 * ✅  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Refs 79, 80, 82, 83 and 84 are all duplicates of each other, this needs to be fixed
 * ✅  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Ref 31 needs a date and author (if possible)
 * Replaced with different ref ✅  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Many of the refs are missing retrieval dates
 * I was under the impression for sources such as books, magazines etc, you didn't need retrieval dates. It was more for websites? Could you clarify please?  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was referring to website. Sorry for not clarifying.
 * 1) I'd also personally archive all the links for the sake of thoroughness, but it's not required for a GA.
 * Run the IABot on the page. Found a few dead links as well which have been fixed ✅  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Once all of these are fixed, ping me and I'll take another look. Namcokid47 (talk) 23:55, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
 * User:Namcokid47 Need some clarification on point 5 but the above is done.  Cr im so nF ox  talk 13:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, I think this looks good. Promoting it now. Namcokid47 (talk) 15:00, 5 August 2019 (UTC)