Talk:ZX Spectrum/GA2

GA Reassessment
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This article was promoted to GA status in 2006, which is a lifetime ago in Wikipedia terms. Since then, our standards have improved a bit. As it stands, the article fails criteria 3 for not being broad in its coverage. There is almost no information on the development of the system or the commercial success of the system. The reception section contains one single review from an American publication, while the software section does not identify any particularly notable products. The legacy section likewise fails to articulate the significant impact of the computer on the history of the British computer industry and the global video game industry. Furthermore, several topics discussed in the lead are not present in the body.

The article also fails the well-written criteria, as there are numerous one-sentence paragraphs. Finally, there are some sourcing issues, such as the use of Planet Sinclair, which appears to be a fan site without editorial oversight or a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. While the article is certainly not terrible, it has so many issues, that I am doubtful that it can be recovered without a fairly substantial rewrite. Indrian (talk) 16:21, 29 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Revoke GA status. It might as well have a Template:More citations needed at the top. Cognissonance (talk) 11:44, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Revoke as per nom. Reception & Legacy are way too short in comparison to the cultural effect and the advances in computing the Spectrum actually had. ~ P*h3i   (📨)  23:10, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Looks like we have agreement here. I am going to go ahead and delist the article. Indrian (talk) 23:18, 9 April 2018 (UTC)