Talk:Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels/GA1

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Reviewer: GamerPro64 (talk) 02:09, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. Now, after looking at this article for over a day, I see multiple problems to this article.
 * There are two dabs in this article here.
 * There are sections of the article that need referencing.
 * That's all I have right now, though I am gonna ask for a second opinion on if the article should be quickfailed or not. GamerPro64 (talk) 02:09, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The dablinks have been fixed. Mario777Zelda (talk) 02:36, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll offer a second opinion.
 * I pruned three sources which did not look reliable; two were personal websites and one was a site that allowed users to play The Lost Levels online. The rest of the sources look fine, but source 6 ("Nintendo Power Vol. 52, 1994-08.") needs a page number, author and article title, and both of the Nintendo Power sources need ISBNs.
 * I'm not quite as certain on the reliability of softpedia, so I tagged it.
 * I did a quick copy-edit to tighten up some prose and remove some irrelevant info.
 * I removed pipelinks to years-in-video-gaming articles (such as 1999 in video gaming ) as those are in violation of the MoS.
 * There are large chunks of unsourced information. I tagged everything I saw with fact. Would it be possible to find a copy of the instruction book to source some of the gameplay mechanics?

This article does look comprehensive enough, but I still think that it needs some fine-tuning before it can be passed as a GA, so I'm failing it for now. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 17:59, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * To respond to a couple of TenPoundHammer's remarks, most features, articles, reviews, etc. in Nintendo Power won't have author names as their policy IIRC didn't allow for specific author naming; depending on the context, in all issues before April 2009, the magazine was a house organ, though I consider the coverage of the games in the magazine significant and independent enough to stand on its own as reliable.
 * Unfortunately, as with most everything on Softpedia, its articles are generally self-published and wouldn't be considered reliable as there is a lack of editorial oversight, reputation, and fact-checking.
 * To move forward, I believe either GamePro or Electronic Gaming Monthly may have a couple of mentions of this game with regards to the American Super Mario Bros. 2. (I can look that up and possibly provide a copy if anyone requests it as I have both magazines' earliest issues.) Nintendo Power and most of the other gaming magazines around 1993 (when Super Mario All-Stars was released) and 1999 (when Super Mario Bros. Deluxe was released for the Game Boy Color) will have quite a bit more coverage of this game in that context, and I think IIRC Nintendo Power did provide from insightful comparisons between The Lost Levels and the first Super Mario Bros. when they covered All-Stars. Finally, keep looking for sources regarding its Virtual Console release.
 * Hope that helps out a little bit. –MuZemike 02:52, 21 April 2010 (UTC)