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 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 11:25, 29 September 2016.

Ridge Racer (video game)

 * Nominator(s): Adam9007 (talk) 03:11, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

I nominated this several weeks ago, but had an incident. I believe I've fixed the issues raised at the first FAC and I'm ready to give this another shot. Adam9007 (talk) 03:11, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Comments from JM
Can't promise a full review, but I'll jot what I see.
 * The first paragraph is a little choppy. Try to vary sentence length. Read aloud!
 * "Ridge Racer got a highly positive reception" Informal.
 * Is "received" better? Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "the Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 11 album" I'm not keen on imbedded interwiki links like this. Isn't there something against them in the MOS?
 * "In the PlayStation version, a mini-game of Galaxian can be played as the game loads. If won, eight additional cars become available. The cars vary in their specifications: some have a high top speed, others excel at acceleration or turning, and others present a balance. Certain cars are named after other Namco games such as Solvalou, Mappy, Bosconian, Nebulasray, and Xevious.[2][3] Once the game has loaded, the CD is needed only to play six music tracks. The disc can be replaced at any time during gameplay, although the game does not update; regardless of what disc is inserted, there will always be six tracks, corresponding to the starting points of the tracks on the game disc.[4][3]" Really? Open the gameplay section with information about cars going around tracks, not about minigames and music options!
 * "(the latter two are extended)" What does this mean?
 * The latter 2 tracks are extended. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "reversed ones become available" What does this mean?
 * Reversed race tracks become available. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "13th Racing "Devil"" I don't follow
 * It's also known as the "Devil" car. Made that clearer. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "complete it before their rivals" Before their rivals completed it? This needs explaining.
 * I need to check, but I think it means they wanted to complete it before their rivals completed their competing game. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "radical differences" ?
 * Removed "radical". Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Third paragraph of development has a lot of repetition.
 * Not entirely sure what you mean, but I think I've fixed what I think you're referring to. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * If you're writing in British English (though there is some disagreement about this among the FAC community) you may want to think about eliminating false titles, such as those used in "designer Fumihiro Tanaka" and "Visual director Yozo Sakagami".
 * "more analogue feel" Can one use analogue like that?
 * I need to check, but I think that's what the source says. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "didn't have enough time to produce them" First, avoid contractions. Second, them is ambiguous.
 * "but ended up producing techno, which Tanaka believed helped players to enjoy a fun feeling while playing" This needs to be reworked.
 * "Commenting on the realism, Game Informer remarked" First, I'm not keen on the personification (but I know that a lot of people don't share my view). Second, why no italics?
 * "Coming Soon Magazine praised" As above.
 * I'm not sure it's a print magazine; I've only seen it online. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You could have a think about the reception section; organising it thematically rather than by reviewer may be preferable. has written some hints about this, which may be helpful: User:Mike Christie/Copyediting reception sections.
 * "Ridge Racer is mentioned in the song My Console (1999) from the Italian electronic dance group Eiffel 65.[63]" So what?
 * Deleted. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "A similar game is included in Ridge Racer Revolution using the same cars under the name Pretty Racer (also known as buggy mode), the inspiration for this game." I don't understand.
 * Pretty Racer was the inspiration for Pocket Racer, or at least I think that's what the source says (I need to double check). Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * "under the name Ridge Racer 3D" Italics?
 * Done. Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

I've not looked at the sources and haven't looked closely at the images, but the amount of non-free content is bothering me a little. I'm left wondering precisely what the subject of this article is; is it about the PlayStation game, or both the PlayStation game and the arcade game? If the latter, it's a little light on the arcade game. (I made some edits; please double-check.) Josh Milburn (talk) 01:40, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I haven't done everything yet, but the article is about both. I'm not sure there's a lot to say about the arcade version, and the PlayStation version is based on the arcade version (the actual gameplay is the same in both versions). Do I need to get rid of any images? Adam9007 (talk) 02:42, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Closing comment -- I'm sorry but this seems to have stalled without attracting sufficient commentary to judge consensus to promote so I'll be archiving it shortly. Adam, as it appears you haven't taken an article all the way to FA yet, you'd be eligible to try the new FAC mentoring scheme if you'd like. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:25, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 11:25, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
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