Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Accolade (company)/archive3

Accolade (company)

 * Nominator(s): Shooterwalker (talk) 14:52, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

This article is about a historic video game developer and publisher. They are of major importance in the early game industry, featuring veterans from highly notable peers such as Atari and Activision. They went on to create several notable franchises, especially in sports. Things get shaky in their final years, and the most detailed sources prefer to focus on their golden age. But there are enough reliable sources to explain their decline and overall fate.

I'm nominating this after a few rounds of work and review. The previous FA-nomination(s) failed. I became busy during the first nomination, which was closed with some suggestions I didn't get to at the time. I have since incorporated the feedback, then sought a peer review for even more feedback. I got ahead of myself with the second nomination, but third time is a charm.

The article is comprehensive, well-researched, well-cited, neutral, and stable, using images in compliance with fair use. I feel optimistic that this article is close enough to the Featured article criteria that I can work on any remaining issues through this process. Shooterwalker (talk) 14:52, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Image licensing
- is appropriate. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  14:56, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Shooterwalker (talk) 15:01, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Politely pinging a few editors who reviewed the first edition.
 * For prose,, ,
 * For technical, there's (accessibility),  (sources)
 * buidhe was too fast for me, and has covered the images and fair use criteria.
 * You'll find that I addressed all of your comments from the first nomination. Happy to keep working on new suggestions, and trying to save time for all of us by not re-treading the same ground again. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:01, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Support
Despite only having one header, it manages to be highly comprehensive and well-written. Shadowboxer2005 (talk) 10:31, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Support from Panini!
Staying true to my promise, Support. Good Job! Panini! 🥪 15:04, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi . A bare "Support" doesn't carry much weight. I assume that your support is on the basis of your feedback during the article's first nomination, but if so specifying this and providing a link helps out the coordinators. Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:15, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, right! I've made a comment about this at User talk:Shooterwalker, disappointed in the archiving of the previous nomination. I reassured I would give support based on my initial thoughts and reactions prior. Sorry for not mentioning that! Panini! 🥪 19:08, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Comments Support from Gerald Waldo Luis
Unique FAC, as it is just one section, but eh, at least it's comprehensive. These comments might help:


 * Good suggestions. Should be all done now. Shooterwalker (talk) 01:23, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Awesome! To finalize, I italicized the hatnote and added upright to the image. Glad to support this article.  Gerald WL  01:29, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Shooterwalker (talk) 01:30, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. This is a very unique FAC, and I do learn some things from here, also important since I'm also planning to have several articles (earliest on the line is Living in the Age of Airplanes) to have a FAC at someee point. If you want to and have the time for it, may I suggest reviewing a peer review I just opened for that article? It can help a lot.  Gerald WL  01:45, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Comments Support from Link20XX
Putting this here as a placeholder, will leave comments soon. In the meantime, if you could leave comments on a peer review of mine, it would be appreciated. Link20XX (talk) 17:07, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright I gave the article a basic read-through and the only comment I have is admittedly pretty nitpicky. In the section "Console and legal challenges (1990–1993)", the hatnote below the image looks very poor for me as a mobile reader. Could it be moved above the image perhaps? Link20XX (talk) 17:18, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
 * That's an easy fix. Done. Anything else? Shooterwalker (talk) 01:06, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Nope. Looks good to me. Happy to Support. Link20XX (talk) 02:52, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Shooterwalker (talk) 02:57, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Comment from nominator

 * I count support from Shadowboxer2005, Gerald Waldo Luis, Panini!, and Link20XX. Panini! had previously reviewed the article at the last FA, and led to several improvements. buidhe has returned to once again review the images and licensing, with support.
 * I'm paging a few editors from previous reviews who might want to check back in. previously reviewed this article for accessibility, and  previously reviewed the sources, and hoping they can confirm that the article still passes their scrutiny. I'll also page  and, as they previously reviewed the article and might want to check back in too. Shooterwalker (talk) 03:10, 26 July 2021 (UTC)


 * ... a few days later, I feel pretty confident this is well on its way, after several review processes, and 4 unanimous supporters on this latest round alone. I don't want to rush this process, and my real hope is to start another FA process and continue improving other articles. Let me know if I would have permission to start in on that. Shooterwalker (talk) 13:24, 29 July 2021 (UTC)


 * It would need a source review to at least be well under way, if not passed, for that I am afraid. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:26, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Gog the Mild: That's a fair requirement. Going to ping one more time, as she reviewed the sources last time and they have not substantially changed. Shooterwalker (talk) 13:29, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Following up with after the much appreciated source review from Nikkimaria. Would this now qualify as a pass, or at least good enough to start another featured article nomination while I wait for further feedback? Shooterwalker (talk) 01:05, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Feel free to start another. And thanks for the ping. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:04, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Source review
Spotchecks not done. Version reviewed.
 * Passed. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:20, 31 July 2021 (UTC)


 * "the cost of the lawsuit was a financial strain for the company". The text says it was the impact of the injunction, rather than the actual cost of the lawsuit - which is correct?
 * "The Accolade brand was revived in 2018, when Hong Kong-based holding company Billionsoft acquired their former assets, leading to new Bubsy games published by Tommo". As noted last time around, the text gives a date of 2017 and does not mention new publications (just plans for such)
 * "Accolade credits the Jack Nicklaus license with giving them an edge as a publisher of sports games." Text supports outselling other golf games, but that's narrower than "sports"
 * Accessdates aren't needed for GBooks links
 * FN4: page?
 * FN32 is missing language indication
 * Be consistent in how you're handling "staff" publications. For example FN46 is credited to IGN Staff, but FN51 is not - why?
 * Be consistent in when you include publisher - you've got it in FN53 but not other similar refs. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:29, 30 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review. That should address all the comments
 * Changed the lead and the image captions to be consistent with the article and sources.
 * Adjusted the references as you suggested.
 * A few editors stepped in to try to assist, so it's possible I missed something. Let me know if there's anything else. Shooterwalker (talk) 13:24, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Still a bit inconsistent wrt staff publications. They're now gone from IGN, but eg FN1 still uses a staff credit. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:58, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I think this is fixed now, thanks to Gerald Waldo Luis. I checked through all the refs and there should be no more sources credited to staff. Shooterwalker (talk) 12:56, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Gog the Mild (talk) 13:13, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you again to the coordinators, and to everyone who chimed in with suggested improvements. Shooterwalker (talk) 17:17, 7 August 2021 (UTC)