User:Czar/VG FAC checklist

The video games WikiProject guidelines should do a better job at giving advice on writing FA articles, but in lieu of updating it, here's some advice on writing a FA, specifically on a video game: ​
 * 1) Does it meet the featured article criteria?
 * 2) If you haven't, now's a good time to read WPVG's writing recommendations.
 * 3) Are there any gaps in its coverage? E.g., development history, DLC, comments on its legacy.
 * 4) * "Development" history sections are the hardest to source. Ask WT:VG for help finding those sources in advance of a review. Someone will invariably find sources—let it be before the review. Ask WT:VG for help in advance.
 * 5) * Source Legacy sections on how the game is remembered, its sequels, etc. and a section on DLC, when covered in sources.
 * 6) Is it concise and written for a general audience?
 * 7) * Explain and link jargon so that readers unfamiliar with the genre can understand the article.
 * 8) * Generalize whenever appropriate.
 * Turn a laundry list of promotional trailer release dates into "The developer released three promotional trailers."
 * Drop "On July 1, 2017, ..." (dateline) sequences when the year ("2017") alone would suffice. Similarly, the reader doesn't need a paragraph of specific release dates, but to know that the game was released in July 2017 worldwide. Confine extraneous or clunky detail, if needed at all, to a footnote.
 * 1) * Combine similar sentences.
 * If three reviewers praised the game's graphics, write a single sentence instead of three and add the three refs. Alternatively, stack refs into a single, elaborate footnote (example) when there is much to say on detail that would be inappropriate if included in the main article.

Copy review

 * Lede


 * 1) Does the lede address every major aspect of the article topic?
 * 2) The most sacred sentence: Did you remove the junk from the first sentence? It's sometimes all that a reader will read from your article, so include the most important traits. For games, this generally includes the year, genre, and its cause for notability (e.g., part of a series, for a specific platform, its connection to a developer).
 * 3) * Consider moving the topic's alternative/bolded names later in the lede or article. Remove "stylized as" names that are not prominent in secondary sources. Footnote or remove Japanese translations unless crucial to understanding the topic.


 * Gameplay

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 * 1) Write for a general audience: readers who know what a video game is but not necessarily anything more. Rephrase jargon. Wikilink gameplay concepts (see Glossary of video games).
 * 2) What does the player do? What is the goal? "The player controls X character through..."
 * 3) Cover plot proportionate to its importance in the game as determined by its weight in article's secondary sources. See WP:VG/PLOT.
 * Development

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 * Reception

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 * Citations

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 * Other sections

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Before nominating

 * Source review, image review