Talk:Sonic Adventure/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: User:Darrman1 . talk · contribs 20:29, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Darrman1 (call me Darrman) and I'll review this article for GA status. I have never played this game, but I have played older Sonic games so it's sort of, but not quite familiar. Anyway, let's go!

Opening: Fine.

Gameplay: The first and third paragraphs are refless, and the second has only one. More refs, please!

Plot:Characters: The bit about one of Eggman's robots being built with Dreamcasts looked odd. I put in a citation needed note. Otherwise, fine.

Plot, Story: In general, it seems as if the story goes a bit too in depth. Paragraph 1 needs sources. In fact, parts are sources, but others are blank. and Eggman will build Robotnikland over the city's ruins. Eggman, Robotnik... If the doctor is called Eggman everywhere else in this article, why Robotnik here? Sonic discovers that the Chao he once was guardian of now live in Station Square, What? That doesn't flow well. How is that meant to go?

Development: Ok...maybe a source or two inside the paragraph, unless the sources there cover the whole paragraph.

Rereleases: Game Gear games in GameCube need refs! One ref for the 12 should do.

Reception: Dreancast Gamepro review needs source. Otherwise, fine.

The Legacy section is citeless! So is Promotion and Tie-ins!

As for images, maybe the cover of the comic? Existing image's free-use rationales are fine, by the way.

Ref 47 is bare.

Hmmm... I'll give the nominator a few days to fix the problems, otherwise I'll fail the article. So this article is On hold. Darrman1 (talk) 20:29, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
 * All right. I will see what I can do to correct the problems here, especially with regards to sourcing. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 20:58, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Reference 47 has been updated. I'll see if I can find citations for development and release sections. I think the cover of the comic should work for me. I have to clarify the story section a bit too. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 18:34, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I just checked, Ref 47 has been fixed, and a ref has been found for Gameplay, about the two game modes. By the way, I think info about Trial mode would be nice, if that would be possible.--Darrman1 (talk) 19:27, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Very well then. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:01, 16 April 2013 (UTC)


 * For what its worth, in regards to the Eggman/Robotnik comment, in Japan, he was always Eggman, and in English speaking countries, he was exclusively Robotnik before Sonic Adventure, and exclusively Eggman after Sonic Adventure, but in Sonic Adventure itself, they kind of go back and forth on his name being Robotnik and Eggman. I know in the past Sjones has literally used the games themselves to source articles, so the game itself could have quite literally reffered to both Eggman and Robotnikland like that. Just my 2 cents. Sergecross73   msg me   13:11, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, I still do that on some VG articles I have worked on (I.e. FFXIII). Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 15:40, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I took a look at the references, and refs 5, 6, 8 and 9 are bare. But at least you added refs. As well, refs 2, 3 and 49 are dead. (Someone came here a few days ago and tagged them with dead links.) Darrman1 (talk) 06:32, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed the references. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 01:10, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Okay, it's been a week since the review started, so here's the criteria:

1. Well written
 * 1a. Spelling and grammar
 * 1b. MoS

2. Verifiable
 * 2a. List of refs
 * 2b. Reliable
 * 2c. Original research

3. Broad in coverage
 * 3a. Main aspects
 * 3b. Focus

4. Neutral

5. Stable

6. Images
 * 6a. Copyright, fair-use rationales
 * 6b. Relevant, captions

7. Final comments: There's still a cite tag in Characters, and those citeless sections are still citeless, but the rest of the article is fine. Fix those last points before going for FA.

8. Pass/Fail: Article passed.